They were hastily separated, and the conjecture was verified.

My sensations at this discovery were of an inexplicable kind.
I gazed at the notes in silence.

I moved my finger over them; held them in different positions; read and reread the name of each sum, and the signature; added them together, and repeated to myself--"_Twenty thousand dollars!_ They are mine, and by such means!" This sum would have redeemed the fallen fortunes of Welbeck.

The dying Lodi was unable to communicate all the contents of this inestimable volume.

He had divided his treasure, with a view to its greater safety, between this volume and his pocket-book.