In this he had taken no active part, but he had given largely of his great wealth.

That his name had figured on the list of families sold for a vast sum of money to the authorities of the Ministry of the Interior seemed all too sure.

But he had had no intimation that he was looked upon with small favor.

The more active members of the League had been less fortunate, and more than one nobleman had been banished to his estates.
Although the sum actually paid for the papers of the Charity League was known, the recipient of the blood money had never been discovered.

It was a large sum, for the government had been quick to recognize the necessity of nipping this movement in the bud.