And, after telling the whole story, under the promise of secrecy, to Gabriel and Mercier, they put the twenty thousand francs into the envelope and without asking for explanations, handed it to Mme.
Put the twenty thousand in the envelope and hand it to our excellent Mme.
"The same writing," remarked Holmes, as he opened the
envelope, "and actually signed," he added in an exultant voice as he unfolded the epistle.
"The handwriting upon that
envelope which I have just restored to you, Mr.
Robert returned, and waited near his mistress, with the directed
envelope in his hand.
He peered into the
envelope, held it to the light, but could not trust his eyes, and in trembling haste tore the
envelope apart.
A letter in a double-ended
envelope, stuck all over with sealing wax, is pretty certain to be opened in case of any accident to the bearer.
"It's coded, Ronnie, and between you and me I don't believe they'll be able to read it, but whose doing is that?" he added, pointing with his finger to the
envelope.
I took up the
envelope and saw scrawled in red ink upon the inner flap, just above the gum, the letter K three times repeated.
The officer, a very young lad with a broad rosy face and keen merry eyes, galloped up to Denisov and handed him a sodden
envelope.
When I called on Wednesday there was a letter with the West Kensington postmark upon it, and my name scrawled across the
envelope in a handwriting which looked like a barbed-wire railing.
"I must tell you," resumed Mazarin, "that it is in a double
envelope."
`Tell the man the formula for powder is in grey
envelope in first drawer to the left of Secretary's desk, War Office, in red ink.
Post-mark, 'Charing Cross.' Stationer's stamp cut off the inside of the
envelope. Handwriting, probably a man's, in disguise.
The president tore open the
envelope, read the dispatch, and, despite his remarkable powers of self-control, his lips turned pale and his eyes grew dim, on reading the twenty words of this telegram.
