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"Then I was rightly informed and we are in that man's power--yes, in his power absolutely." "You say you were rightly informed?" "Yes." "What was your information?" "I was informed that the man Tavares was a Shylock, a designing devil. You were right when you said I had been tricked." "And who was your informant?" The baron proceeded and told the whole story, all the facts known to our readers, together with his recent meal with the detective who was his informant. The woman listened attentively with a glitter in her eyes, and when the narrative had been concluded, she said: "All is lost unless you can force matters, then we can legitimately raise all the money we need. Your wife can get all the money she desires, and at once." The detective's blood ran cold. The words "your wife" were terrible in their suggestion. "I can do better." "You can?" "Yes." "What can you do?" "Recover that note with the forged acceptance." "How?" "I will invite that Spaniard to accompany me to some out-of-the-way place; I will overcome and force him to give up the note." "You mean you would commit murder?" "No." "And you must not, my son. We have gone far enough in crime. I will never consent to the crime of murder." "We need not murder him, we can abduct him and keep him out of the way until our plans are completed." "Yes, we might do that if we could succeed, then we could force matters and let him loose later, even pay him an indemnity and return to Europe. My good husband would not object as long as it did not cost him anything." "We must do something, and we must act at once." "August, you are a brave and skillful man. Now you know the real danger you will be able to devise some plan, but no time must be lost; we must move rapidly. Let us get this immediate danger removed and we can bring the other matter about at once, but it is strange how obstinate and determined _that girl_ is. There we must force matters, but I did hope that we would secure money enough to go to Europe. If we could carry her to Europe we would be all right. We could furnish proofs of her identity, secure the money, and all would be well, but she must first be your wife, and I repeat, if she does not consent, then I will assent _to the plan you proposed_. It is a terrible device, but she must be your wife, and that within forty-eight hours. If she does not yield we will force matters, and she will be glad to
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