He stood near the window as he read, while Sir Henry remained near the open safe.
Hill tapped at the bolted door, but his master replied that he did not wish to be disturbed.

"Yes," the Frenchman said at last, "the copy they have in Athens is exact--word for word." "They may have obtained it from Vienna." "No; it came from here.

There are some pencilled comments in your daughter's handwriting." "They were dictated by me." "Exactly.

And they appear in the copy now in the hands of the people in Athens! Thus it is doubly proved that it was this actual document which was copied.

But by whom ?" "Ah!" sighed the helpless man, his face drawn and paler than usual, "Gabrielle is the only person who has had sight of it." "Mademoiselle surely could not have copied it," remarked the Frenchman.
"Has she a lover ?" "Yes; the son of a neighbour of mine, a very worthy young fellow." Goslin grunted dubiously.