I know what this traitor has in mind.

He imagines I have a bargain to make.

But you must see, sir, that in no sense is it so, for, having already surrendered the facts, it is too late now to attempt to sell them.

I am ready to yield up the letters that I have found.

No consideration could induce me to do other; and yet, sir, I venture to hope that in return, the government will be pleased to see that I have some claim upon my country's recognition for the signal service I am rendering her--and in rendering which I make a holocaust of my father's honor." "Surely, surely, sir," murmured Mr.Templeton, but his countenance told of a lessening enthusiasm in his lordship's Roman patriotism.