What news have you brought me ?" "I have brought something better than news," said I, putting down the box upon the table and speaking jovially and boisterously, though my heart was heavy within me.

"I have brought you something which is worth all the news in the world.

I have brought you a fortune." She glanced at the iron box.

"Is that the treasure, then ?" she asked, coolly enough.
"Yes, this is the great Agra treasure.

Half of it is yours and half is Thaddeus Sholto's.