So now you know the lay I'm on.

So-long," and he walked quietly out of the house, leaving Archie and Braddock looking at one another with pale faces.

The assurance of Hervey surprised and horrified them.

Still, they could not believe that Sir Frank Random had been guilty of so brutal a crime.
"For one thing," said Hope after a pause, "Random did not know where the emeralds were to be found, or even that they existed." "I understood that he did know," said Braddock reluctantly.

"In my hearing, and in your own, you heard Don Pedro state that he had related the story of the manuscript to Random." "You forget that I learned about the emeralds at the same time," said Hope quietly.