6/11 We are each in the other's hands. The bargain is quite fair." For a moment or two longer Heron appeared to be hesitating whilst de Batz watched him with keen intentness. He had no doubt himself as to the issue. He had tried most of these patriots in his own golden crucible, and had weighed their patriotism against Austrian money, and had never found the latter wanting. This inveterate conspirator in the Royalist cause never took personal risks. |