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Updated: May 18, 2025
The next act in the tragi-comedy would be an anonymous demand for money varying in amount in accordance with the known or supposed wealth of the lady and an equally anonymous threat of dire vengeance upon the tou-tou if the police were put upon the track of the thieves. You will ask me, no doubt, what all this had to do with Theodore. Well! I will tell you.
So Jane considered her afternoon, didactically, a failure. But, in the smoking-room that night, young Cathcart explained the game all over again to a few choice spirits, and then remarked: "Old Jane was superb! Fancy! Such a drive as that, and doing number seven in three and not talking about it! I've jolly well made up my mind to send no more bouquets to Tou-Tou. Hang it, boys!
Pris to the effect that her tou-tou was for the moment safe, and would be restored to the arms of his fond mistress provided the sum of five thousand francs was deposited in the hands of the bearer of the missive. Minute directions were then given as to where and how the money was to be deposited.
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