'It is a cheat and a fraud! By God! you have no
commission! I see through it! I see through it all! You have
come here, and you have hocussed us! You are of their side, and
this is your last shift to save him!'
'What folly is this?' I said contemptuously.
'No folly at all,' he answered, perfect conviction in his tone.
'You have played upon us. You have fooled us. But I see through
it now. An hour ago I exposed you to that fine Madame at the
house there, and I thought it a marvel that she did not believe
me. I thought it a marvel that she did not see through you, when
you stood there before her, confounded, tongue-tied, a rogue
convicted. But I understand now. She knew you. She was in the
plot, and you were in the plot, and I, who thought that I was
opening her eyes, was the only one fooled. But it is my turn
now. You have played a bold part and a clever one,' he
continued, a sinister light in his little eyes,' and I
congratulate you. But it is at an end now, Monsieur. You took
us in finely with your talk of Monseigneur, and his commission
and your commission, and the rest.
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