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To the conditions on which the letter insisted there is no need to

allude They had been complied hen the discoveries were es of Gibson's history

Sir Giles had already arrived at the conclusion that a conspiracy was

in progress to assassinate him, and perhaps to rob the bank The wiser

head clerk pointed to the perforated paper and the inco "If we can find out what these mean," he

said, "you may be better able, sir, to form a correct opinion"

"And who is to do that?" the banker asked

"I can but try, sir," was thethe attempt"

Sir Giles approved of the proposed experiment, silently and

satirically, by a bend of his head

Too discreet a man to make a suspiciously ready use of the information

which he had privately obtained, Dennis took care that his first

atte perain, he ventured on the second occasion to arrive at a happy

discovery Lifting the perforated paper, he placed it delicately over

the page which contained the unintelligible writing Words and

sentences now appeared (through the holes in the paper) in their right

spelling and arrange to thank you, sir, for coood faith At the same time, it is possible that