“What is the danger?”
“The only danger is your friend, the famous financier. He is the one who could play us a dirty trick.”
“Do you suspect what it could be?” “No. Not clearly. You must know better than any one else.”
“I have just seen the Minister, and he gave me the impression of being satisfied.”
“Then everything is all right. But I haven’t much confidence.”
Cæsar left the undersecretary, went out of the Chamber, and returned home in the carriage. Alzugaray was waiting in the entry for him.
Cæsar called to him from the carriage:
“I am going to Paris,” he told him, “to spend a few days.”
“Good.”
“I must draw out what money I have in the Bank.”