"Well, have you all the documents ready, so that they can be published
at any time?"

"Quite ready," answered the man.

"Very well," said the girl, with decision; "here are your fifty pounds.
Just count the money, and see that it is correct. I took the envelope as
it was handed to me, and have not examined the amount myself."

She poured the sovereigns out on the table, and Hazel, with trembling
fingers, counted them out two by two.

"That is quite right," he said, rising. He went to a drawer, unlocked
it, and took out a long blue envelope.

"There," he said, with a sigh that was almost a gasp. "There are the
figures, and a full explanation of them. You will be very careful that
my name does not slip out in any way."

"Certainly," said Miss Jennie, coolly drawing forth the papers from
their covering. "No one knows your name except Mr. Alder, Mr. Hardwick,
and myself; and I can assure you that I shall not mention it to anyone."

She glanced rapidly over the documents.

"I shall just read what you have written," she said, looking up at him;
"and if there is anything here I do not understand you will, perhaps,
be good enough to explain it now,--and then I won't need to come here
again."