things
with you,
while they
took your
purse in
exchange?"
said the
high
official,
after
examining
certain
obscure
signs upon
the
metals,
the
contents
of the
third
scrip, and
the like.
"It cannot
reasonably
be
denied," I
replied;
"inasmuch
as they
departed
without
them.""Spontaneously?"
he
demanded,
and in
spite of
the
unevadible
severity
of his
voice the
expression
of his
nearer eye
deviated
somewhat.
"The
spoken and
conclusive
word of
