"No tidings of Y" might
indicate that Count Kasincsky had been concerned in the rebellion,
and had fled, or been taken prisoner. Had he left a large amount
of funds in the hands of the supposed Otto von Herisau, which were
drawn from time to time by orders, the form of which had been
previously agreed upon? Then, when he had disappeared, might it
not have been the remaining funds which Jean urged Otto to divide
with him, while the latter, misled and entangled in deception
rather than naturally dishonest, held back from such a step? I
could hardly doubt so much, and it now required but a slight effort
of the imagination to complete the torn note.
The next letter of the sister was addressed to Bremen. After
having established so many particulars, I found it easily
intelligible. "I have done what I can," she wrote. "I put it in
this letter; it is all I have. But do not ask me for money again;
mother is ailing most of the time, and I have not yet dared to tell
her all. I shall suffer great anxiety until I hear that the vessel
has sailed.
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