It was not so much the money that Kitwater wanted, as revenge.

That Hayle's most miserable offer would only increase his desire for it, I felt certain.

Shortly after three o'clock, the reply arrived.

It was short, and to the point, and ran as follows-- "Tell him I will have all or nothing." Here was a nice position for a man to find himself in.

Instead of solving the difficulty we had only increased it.