"Of course," she said quickly. "Now that I have told you the
truth, Jack, don't you think it was only natural?"
"Most certainly, dear," he answered, still holding her hand.
"Yours was not a secret that you could very well tell to me until
you could thoroughly trust me, especially as your father had been
implicated in the theft of those documents from Malta. The truth
is," he said, turning to me, "Philip Leithcourt has all along been
the catspaw of Baron Oberg. A few years ago he was a well-known
money-lender in the city, and in that capacity met the Baron, who,
being in disgrace, required a loan. He was also in the habit of
having certain shady transactions with that daring g**g of
continental thieves of whom d**k Archer and Hylton Chater were
leaders. For this reason he purcha
