'Now look, I give you this.' He fumbled through all his pockets and at last he drew out a long envelope, sealed at both ends with black sealing wax on which was printed a coat of arms with two tigers facing each other.

He looked toward the door cautiously, and there was just that gleam in his eyes which madmen always have.
'Here it is,' he whispered, 'written with my own hand.

This will tell you exactly what passed this afternoon.

It will tell you our plans.

It will tell you of the share which my master and the other two are taking.