Show e 9 IV r wt k abig 41 1 0 1 CP ROAD bu E P H I 1 LUI P 57 0 P P EN H F ti y LITTLE DROWN and CO CHAPTER IV continued 21 1 then I lien thoum rid pounds she why it Is two to million rou coubles roubles bles ivan ams mes would sell you ou tits his whole kittelt of u prisoners for that und throw tile lie forties in I 1 why li if it rested with me ine slie she went ent oil you could have hae Krosin Kross rs a us well dl for fir a quarter of if lint talk sense lakre Is IK not un tin englishman theae alie i of I 1 uin am certalic cert prisoner whose liose liberty ll lert I 1 dp de ire to buy lu gerald coti tided Is 19 it I 1 do not know knon under what najip lie but tits ills number Is ie twenty milne elsa francks rose to tn tier feet opened in tile anor and shouted to tn tier inilla aid in then slie site tool took it up ii battered telephone instrument 1 I will speak tile the insor she P 1 ild id 1 I am tile the only ci villon in the lie tun tin with a it Is u great beut r fin vor or you can avalt alt whilst hillst lill st I 1 w lill ailin 1 here mas a good dal of delay delav ix fore foie she was na connected arid a further delay before the person with whom site desired to speak arrived in time however ho weer the conein cone ii alon was finished lied i apparently to her site set down the instrument the governor ko anor Is on ills way ay down she he announced triumphantly coine we will see to tills ills little affair quickly you roil can rein remain aln ahe mald entered the room carrying 11 ng it a arity on oil hleb etire ere bottles of beer and the naoman eyed eed them with lilt satisfaction you ott are riot not Itus slip slie suld sald so sn I 1 do not offer you the lie samouil ir beer every one drinks the angll english sh especially ally that la Is so its Is it not hint Is so ao gerald admitted 1 I drink to your our good nia danic you may inay cull call ni me elm she invited coming over oer to tits his side fide with a I 1 flags in tier her hand we will ha to 0 o the abe success or of out inn enterprise antei prise gerald the glass and exchanged courteous amenities with ills his hog hostess tess site eyed eed hini him with growing feivor ftp or it Is n pity alt that you ou nrc are riot not staying longer site le observed sied oh we might become friends who knows knos iti in that caw gerald replied gal bantly 1 11 I have hae to quarrel with etli adlor Kross neis and that would riot not do at all she napped her pudgy fengers A ninn who vw had ten thousand pounds to dispose oft alint wils ki is isnec nei 1 do you ou she lie scoffed that I 1 ishall shall stay here harp with him blin if I 1 CUD call get hold of half that sum you spoke of not 11 II 1 I shall choose a n different com pt I 1 shall go to monte carlo I 1 shall never enter this accursed at countr again len even to think of leaving it makes me ine giddy with uli happiness happ lne H will ft he ion who will 11 be ill int deliverer let us drink dignin together Verl irps gerald suggested the governor Boier nor will not tte give up p ills his pr prisoner lioner ifer her efe igloo of almost t shout Kli olit the hie very cr idaa while she bhe scouted it us as i it lo 10 her gle give up of co illse in ile wilt will khe give him up I 1 site ali deel tired it if lit he re fust 4 why ali I 1 would like bittke tilt bilm ily hi tile lie benil ben il 1 I mould kill hill lil bilm itil hi eves ivere eie lit ernesty er nelty tie biarl of nil anfinn of pre pip tv isted her lips alp then she filie burst into inlo a tit lit of if laughter why tio do 1 innie my air burlous lous the she why ali al 11 III would oil sell every cpr one of tits his d jirld lalit seven pris prisoner for it tenth pail oril lit money you iou oft come ol lle let alf UR ile fe gay put plit mile thing on it tile lie gr you yon shall dunce dance with ith anif e want abolin tits pc pellen llen y the lie gov arnor geduld einold risked elif oikun wolli till amille 11 littia Rii niue ve 1 you ire are pi ili chaps rh its right she lit I 1 c quilt quitted aced one milt avalt walt until everyl tiling liln Is arranged after mal I 1 omit friall t nn illy lingers at iain imin it lie s me lilt lie he Is 1 tin in tilt old aall m me out or of ili the vou nn my friend we might to po go into vo lo 10 lemd 1 I 1 llull friends fr lenil nt lit hiiri viiri Vi iri nare were eie bleil 1 tills atle she held field up till hr hand its as to airn him it 11 IR ig tile lie governor slit he it OWA qt it Is 1 ivan ln Krosney Iron evs ft who ulio ar arrival riVel mart lie ie is IP very cpr Jeal lie he nier nl Oera Cl erald ild mill alti till his anre 4 ill 11 vt 1 11 l 10 e wils ret fet alile to for 11 in it frim sma ill 1 lie floor door wits hiis opened the intili poked tier lier hul build in und something unintelligible cloe chwe clo e her entered tile lle governor of ifie lie fortress zile the gil vernor wits was a amr inroe e indin ninn min in ill lin in ill bitting titting mil fonn with elirse fentres aind it asthig K beara he fie clerked ills his heels 0 lp o air emar arid made niep pretense at a rill rry sti lute as a her hinline inline sho khe a word jor twe w with nh lattif in RUs slun and then 4 i in french IK spoke ke appi with less ruse ense than illg list tills this gentleman she itic i tic declared lias it gret of if gwilli s it to 01 lis 4 1011 ile HP wits MH sent here hv by a of ille A i or I 1 mil MY not lot ke ghe lie he Is in ili Haigli shimin pro ending to bo li nil Anier letin tint that inatius for little lie Is entrusted with etli it 11 grebill RU tit of if iii inic for u certain kurtse pur tse inin alit alic t governors PMS eyes for foi n inn rel leellon of if tile cuplin tty itt gilld it in tile mianna Min nna bolly I olly is sell in pity WON ns Kii ifill wid iret gillar illia in coming the thought if bonev whetted ills hit interest orest lot let tile me lacni lin hill ills gent lellan ans s to to ry tic lie 1 I lime conn come lilt a very ory hold bold prop olin cerilio but blit it ta 14 one olie shiell I 1 hope oil MII will mill consider ell cure re fully full you have niarie pt pilRo nois in mill fortress for who alio tire lire detained largely tine there tire many ann there choso whoso orren tire trivial wilo who III be nl re shortly in tin anny vase cai f arld who just us its well be fl fica ve ns as a charge upon the you seem to know n great tit danl III about my illy prisoners tile lie governor remarked of thein ure tire criminals of the worst arst order it Is not one of these whom horo I 1 wish to discuss with you gerald ns surd bill it happens that you iou have a young inan there who la is not of tile tho criminal cliss tit nt all lie he tilts lins very wealthy friends lla ha I 1 the lie go arnor ei nor how wealthy ill ilic woman broke into tilt lie conversa chiti slie gril grillier lied her ur friend liy by the lie hrin rin ivan slie she cried it la Is do you ion know the lie suin which monsieur spends bif if it hikes ones breth f f and what the devil excuse can I 1 make for letting him go ts t i nv I 1 t lie pink of ten irn thou po I 1 I 1 lit I 1 it il la Is two lui million roul dest willit in do you think of that cibil CI til muttered A of in ahw lin A prisoner irli nr of ioui s it raid repented repeated 1 I will lie lf finite frank flunk lilt boti iii sit sir I 1 s n uk I 1 know to it of li lionar tinor bill 1111 I 1 iiii nl list yen oil to if nna I 1 Is ted of if fitly crill fleir crillis iv alu tillo tin the b in whom libin lii in lie witt was sent t 0 o ysa aiu Is it bitler owr in ilila this Is li not it arilie fildi 1 offering lim l im n it litlie lithe arite of an liet ift of justice the money la Is to 0 o tie be pit id in wits ns showing nw now as intilli lit its tin tilt dimian had d iii mingled with lit ills emotion however lne cr wits wilt ii reni K ns fir f whick ere tit oni in manifested in the he ills ill fitee the of ills the number lip lie cried tell ill gnp tit lie aimle tit hie flip n of if tile hie pris oner boil desire number Num bor tant tw rity nine gerald iiD ild rf re eliell ohp governor the hie with ills his 0 ii 1 ift sc t li sip 1 1 A dutli urse curse and most you you hoth tic lie HP kleker klc kif a footstool whdeh mis MH close it t lidid w ross the lie room vien then hp he flunt heini into nn in edisy PH cliner und rill there with etli his III arii grossed ossed vr Tn shed glow lav ering at elba the nal tit lit him its though lie had hit mid denly gone IIII annil Il are aff iu out iu if your canses acs him q iiii ili rine or ir thirty nin what lovs im s it emitter Is 1 riot in prisoner like sini in I 1 Klif vicc mines 0 to o airm them tin in win who knows which cell Is elia aj sn yim 1111 ug fil vill fin M pre crp dull tot for life old arii oil ailsa alif in the th 1 hr unit trl well t im fun just jiust I 1 ald your lf of if kif fidei cje and us ua furl for I 1 you vou air he went on with a malicious 1 lonce glance nt at 1 gerald I se rall hotl may inny think your self fortu tinte it if you ou leave tills this countr us easily HS heiti entered it the woman drew a little hit ie grer to tc him there vas the look of a wild ft lid in ili tier batee 1111 sten iliin I 1 she fried cried are you mad hind it Is IB it fortune which till alili anaw curries carries ili ID tits his hand I 1 what Is there t tile achiu that infests your our prisons of account against that you terrify ino ine the ilie money la is for us to lie he divided cesh ivan I 1 money to ulieno 1 loi t the lie next day ery bluy I 1 amt fool the lip governor Koer nor retorted of want hill hiie Is money when your our feet in ill the air till and our sotir neck Is 14 br broken olcen for you toil tind u do dohun wn rifle bullets in ili my hearal 1 you are a hold nimi who canio to tin on such midi H R nil aslon lie added tit t gerald slit turned to her visitor whitt does docs tills leilh bindman menn mean slie lit aho who vho Is this prisoner whose aret freedom doin you kin seek 1 I 1 to do not know arrild gerah ild replied 1 I tim only illy till nn einch ouy the governor slit up till in tits chair 1 I 1 will tell you ion lie declared ho ly number twenty nine Is till nil he fort of him lint ills name Is 14 grand duko duke of nf kolostok Volo stok iii inlaw ince of Tn inhoff gaind t nind duko tinli ruler of till hll tile of 0 the mimi lup riep liew lii w of it N 1 hollim I 1 the lie late into t hiir heild n of tile lie hillge e of 0 ito ilo ailin elf it if the lie people chunta chun td their rimey i ow of till nil tilt 1 alipic e my illy tto ninn now yell know the lie secret M act of my illy for fortress I 1 you where here we might ile be it I 1 I ith alil t the bomon flopped upon tile a slip she was wi pale through nil ill tier lur rouge iorii e and powder pot her yellow hair lind broken loose from its amid of rib rl blin lion ller her dressing rn gown had fallen ioviti ni it i little from tier her timple hust bust alif tint breathing heavily for several of thi three wits the only one who kept ills his head all that mates for nothing lie he said calmly you excite yourself B greatly lc fur for nothing the dynasty dy notty Is past there will never neler be another tsar in Ittis sla tills this young inan lins ills rich ti fi lends arid and they want ailin out of tile lie country I 1 should think your would ile he glad to tob be rid of ailin geralds Gerald 8 words were not without their heir effect espe chally upon the bonina after nil all title slie tills this man speaks hellse ylo who varea about grond daiko di iko there are plenty of the lio alle till what does one more or les le s iut but this one I 1 lie have told you iou who lie he Is 1 the man growled row hd the woman as beginning to pluck up tip spirit site she acohen nt lit him openly when tile the people of russia want 06 days dais of ts ardoin luick baal again she blie som gold they will I 1 ind one of the brood fast eno tigh but that lay day will riot not come yet tilts tills young nun man in ili your fortress foi tresa Is of no account nc count you tire it fool ivan iv nn you cannot soe sec the lie truth you lune have not thought to yourself what ten tell thousand pounds may inny mean Kross sat hut liick back in his chair biting tits ills finger nalls who tire lire you lie he demanded deninn ded suddenly and does tills money corm come brouil 11 sly ny nime Is dombey Don ibey gerald replied 1 I 1 have admitted to maddine Ala danle francks I 1 nm fill nn an tills money has heen been collected in london by friends fi lends and relatives of the y young 0 ling man inan the desire for tits ills tills hub not the slightest signify sIgnI fi cance en nee and ill the devit devil excuse can I 1 make for letting him RD go 1 I should put one of your less tin im pa port into filst hl rell fell bild say nothing about it there Is in on nn inspector of binte irions arl bitis krna noys muttered allf lit int nut not offen hin but who knows known when lian lip lif might nitice it into tits ills hend head to ill kiy V 11 us 8 11 rhe lust last time he wits was here F ina I bancks reminded him you met hlo nt at the station tit lon and took him to the hotel afterward you ou brought film on here aind lie wt i t mry drunk amt that lie he hail to fur for two ilnyo ile he did lit not even KI 0 o nell benr r tit alie fortress as your pu per 4 aind hooks book were berc bro tight doar lere here for him to sign it b lir true n tinted et 0 next neit time man might come and liow will tills this twenty nine set get safely out of ittis aln think less les 4 of ili these ae ill 11 II rul ties anti more 0 of winit one do with kith ter teb lounds the ahe woman insisted you I 1 re fe not nol ns nold ld d ann to run nin R risk for fol A nothing 1 11 wiy my that it li 13 worth it I 1 TO HI 1311 continued |