What of Storri ?" Richard explained the propriety of destroying Storri; this he did with an ingenuous ferocity that caused Mr.Bayard to smile.
"The man," observed Richard in conclusion, "is no more than so much vermin.

He is a menace to my friends; he has intrigued villainously against me.

I have no option; I must destroy him out of my path as I would any footpad or any brigand." Being primal in his instincts, as every great man is, Mr.Bayard, at this hostile declaration, could not avoid a quick side-glance at Richard's door-wide shoulders, Pict arms, and panther build.

Richard caught the look.
"Oh, if it might have been settled in that way," cried he, "I should have had his head wrung round ere this!" "You will readily conceive," observed Mr.Bayard, after musing a bit, "that I keep myself posted concerning the least movement of the least man who comes speculating into stocks.

You may take it for granted that I know a trifle or so of your Count Storri.