\"How much?\"
\"A hundred thousand for the crystal. I was trying to get two hundred thousand together to purchase a site for the temple. Nobody knew about the money I gave him. That was a secret between Ram Lal and me.\"
\"I wonder if it was!\" remarked Mme. Storey. \"...How about Liptrott?\" she went on.
\"Oh, just a harmless lunatic,\" said Mrs. Julian impatiently. \"I've been keeping him for years. There's that machine
\"How much?\"
\"A hundred thousand for the crystal. I was trying to get two hundred thousand together to purchase a site for the temple. Nobody knew about the money I gave him. That was a secret between Ram Lal and me.\"
\"I wonder if it was!\" remarked Mme. Storey. \"...How about Liptrott?\" she went on.
\"Oh, just a harmless lunatic,\" said Mrs. Julian impatiently. \"I've been keeping him for years. There's that machine
