"
"But how--"
"Don't ask me how it got there. It's just--there. I did not even
know there was a pocket in this cloak I wore. Whoever put the
package there was more clever than I."
"But what is it?"
"I'm going to look--Cora."
"Cora? Then you know me--Ed?"
"As you do me. Of course. Did you think you could deceive me?"
"I--I hoped to. But the package--what does, it contain?"
"We will look--together."
He led her to a dangling electric light, drew, something from the
folds of his cloak, and unwrapped the paper. Then he gave an
exclamation of surprise.
"Ten thousand dollars of my missing bonds!" he whispered.
"Really, Ed?"
He extended them to her.
"Oh, Ed! I'm so glad!"
"So am I, yet I have been suspecting it."
"Suspecting it?"
"Yes. I may as well admit it, of late I have not worried about my
loss. Recently I have been convinced that it would come back. And
you see I was right."
"But this is only half of it."
"I know, but the rest will come. It is not so easy to return the
cash."
"But who could have slipped it into your pocket?"
"Don't you know? Can't you guess--after what we heard?"
"The--the nun?"
"Exactly."
"And she is--"
"That is a mystery--as yet, but I have my suspicions.
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