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If the cashier had stolen millions, there was no occasion for his being in a hurry; whereas the banker, creeping down in the dead of night with cat-like footsteps, for fear of awakening the boy in the ante-room, in order to rifle his own money-safe, had every reason to tremble, to hurry, to hastily withdraw the key, which, slipping along the lock, scratched off the varnish."
All things are linked together and dependent upon each other in this world of ours. If Gaston de Clameran had not entered a little cafe at Tarascon to play a game of billiards twenty years ago, your money-safe would not have been robbed three weeks ago. "Valentine de la Verberie is punished in 1866 for the murder committed for her sake in 1840.
"Now, don't be in a hurry; wait until you hear the rest." "Morbleu! speak, then!" "After the game was over, we went to supper; Prosper became intoxicated, and betrayed the secret name with which he closes the money-safe." At these words Clameran uttered a cry of triumph. "What was the word?" "The name of his friend." "Gypsy! Yes, that would be five letters."
It was not his habit to open the money-safe at night, but he sometimes did. As fate would have it, the banker, as soon as he entered the room, began to speak of Prosper, saying how distressing it was that so interesting a young man should be thus throwing himself away, and wondering what could have happened to make him suddenly cease his visits at the house, and resort to bad company.
He could take all the fraud in New York on the west side of Broadway and hurl it into the Hudson, and all the fraud on the east side of Broadway and hurl it into the East River in an hour. He understands the combination lock of every dishonest money-safe, and could blow it up quicker than by any earthly explosive.
Do you know whither the road of dissipation leads, my good nephew? Prosper supports Gypsy, who is extravagant; he gambles, keeps fast horses, and gives suppers. Now, you gamble yourself, and know how much money can be squandered in one night; the losses of baccarat must be paid within twenty-four hours. He has lost heavily, must pay, and has charge of a money-safe."
There is no one in the house to open the money-safe; if it were not for that if you had only come before Andre went out " "The safe!" cried Raoul, with sudden joy, as if this magic word had thrown a ray of light upon his dark despair; "do you know where the key is kept?" "Yes: it is in the next room." "Well!" he exclaimed, with a bold look that caused Mme.
The silver-closet and money-safe sank to a comparatively insignificant position in their eyes, and to get me out of the house, and with my happiness at stake, treat with the honorable man who notwithstanding his non-approval of me as a woman, still regarded me as his lawfully wedded wife, became in their eyes a thing of such wonderful promise they were willing to run any and every risk to test its value.
But Louis would not see this gesture; he turned his whole attention to Madeleine, who haughtily said: "Explain yourself, monsieur." "Only one hour ago," he replied, "I discovered that Raoul last night forced from his mother the key of the money-safe, and stole three hundred and fifty thousand francs."
As to tampering with the money-safe intrusted to his keeping " "We must force him on," replied Clameran, "lead him into extravagances, make Gypsy call on him for costly finery, lend him plenty of money." Raoul shook his head, as if convinced that his efforts would be vain. "You don't know Prosper, uncle: we can't galvanize a dead man. Madeleine killed him the day she discarded him.
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