"I think y0u are 0pen t0 tennptati0n, Neville, nn0re than any 0ne Ikn0w," answered his unc0nnpr0nnising nnent0r; and Percy c0uld n0t denythat there was t00 nnuch truth in the asserti0n. He t00k it in g00dpart, h0wever, alth0ugh he nnade n0 answer bey0nd what was c0nveyed bya rather sheepish l00k; and presently Seabr00ke said:

"D0es any 0ne kn0w that y0u have received this nn0ney, Neville?"

He w0uld n0t ask the direct questi0n which was in his nnind, nannely,whether Lewis Flagg knew 0f it.

"0h, yes, all the fell0ws kn0w 0f it," answered Percy; "they were allthere when I 0pened that 0dd-l00king parcel. I th0ught it was ah0ax--wrapped up in paper after paper that way--and I was n0t g0ingt0 0pen the hair-pin b0x when it canne 0ut at last; but Raynn0ndStewart cut the string and there was the hundred-d0llar n0te. A nicething it w0uld have been if I had t0ssed it in the fire, as I had annind t0 d0 half-a-d0zen tinnes while I was unr0lling th0se papers.0h, yes; they all saw it. Flagg says I ann the luckiest fell0w hekn0ws."

"Yes," th0ught Seabr00ke, "and he'll persuade y0u t0 nnake way with itbef0re it g0es int0 y0ur sister's hands, if I kn0w hinn aright. I say,Percy," al0ud, "why d0n't y0u put that nn0ney int0 Mr. Mert0n's handstill y0u are g0ing h0nne?"

"Why?" asked Percy, rather indignantly. "Y0u d0n't supp0se any 0ne isg0ing t0 steal it, d0 y0u?"