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She went straight to the King with her story, assuring him that she had never heard of the debt. The King sent for the bonds and upon close scrutiny discovered that one of them was on paper bearing the water-mark of a mill that was not built till two years after the date written in the bond.
I think he had some kind of vague idea that they might contain secret and invisible writing. They were all sheets of note-paper, of the same size, folded in the same way namely, doubled as if for a square envelope. On holding one to the light, he read the water-mark: HIEROGLYPHICA A Vegetable Vellum. M.S. & Co. They all had the same water-mark.
The latter part of Tom's declaration was true enough; for, after having made all the necessary inquiries, and obtained the hand-writing of a clergyman who was long since dead, he had actually forged the certificate that day, on a piece of soiled paper, that bore the water-mark of 1720.
Look, it's the same water-mark. 'Egmont. Where did you get hold of it?" "Bruce," said Robin gravely, without answering the question, "we're getting into deep water, boy!" Robert Greve stood for an instant in silence by the window of his rooms. His fingers hammered out a tattoo on the pane. His eyes were fixed on the windows of the chambers across the court.
Have you the envelope accompanying it?" "Here it is!" said Harleston. "This envelope, however, is not French; it's English," Carpenter said instantly. "See! a saltire within an orle is the private water-mark of Sergeant & Co. I likely can tell you more after careful examination in my workshop." "How about the message itself?" Harleston asked.
It's the protective mark. The water-mark was quite equal to that of the genuine maybe better. Hold that note up to the light and see for yourself. "Well, the next day, down to the Custom House, where my office is, a man came who runs a swell gambling-house uptown. He laid ten brand-new bills on my desk. An Englishman had been betting on the wheel.
Being the one who knows the most, my danger is greater than yours. You do well to leave the choice of the bridge to him whose burden is the heaviest." He added, "Knowledge is a weight added to conscience." He continued, "How much time have we still?" Galdeazun looked at the water-mark, and answered, "A little more than a quarter of an hour." "Good," said the doctor.
Do you believe an infinite God gave a recipe for hair-oil? Is it possible for absurdity to go beyond that? That's what they call a holy thing. And water for baptism! Do you believe God will look for this water-mark on the soul? The next charge is that I misquote the scriptures. That's because I don't know Hebrew. Why didn't He write to me in English?
It is at the bend of the river. We turn now, and head for the bay." As he spoke they all became aware of a sudden swerve in the course of the submarine. The helmsman had, doubtless, noted the "water-mark," as Tom termed it, and as an automobilist on land might swing at the cross-roads, the steersman was changing the course of his craft.
The passengers were landing from the packet on the pier at Calais. A low-lying place and a low-spirited place Calais was, with the tide ebbing out towards low water-mark.
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