He dared not draw the money himself for fear it should be noticed; he did not wish to sell them, and was still trying to find some way of transferring the certificates.

In this horrible state of uncertainty he bethought him of acknowledging all to his wife and getting her advice.

Zelie, who always managed affairs for him so well, she could get him out of his troubles.
The three-per-cent Funds were now selling at eighty.

Restitution! why, that meant, with arrearages, giving up a million! Give up a million, when there was no one who could know that he had taken it--! So Minoret continued through September and a part of October irresolute and a prey to his torturing thoughts.

To the great surprise of the little town he grew thin and haggard..