There are no end of rumours which I won't mention to you, for they might only put you off the scent.

But the man seems to be always intriguing.

It wouldn't matter so much if he were our friend, or if he were simply a financier, but to tell you the truth, we have cause to suspect him." "But he's an Englishman, surely ?" Hamel asked.

"The Fentolin who was my father's friend was just a very wealthy Norfolk squire--one of the best, from all I have heard." "Miles Fentolin is an Englishman," Kinsley admitted.

"It is true, too, that he comes of a very ancient Norfolk family.