"Money!" Count Rusiva suddenly shouted, "No matter what, the names and addresses on the bill are correct. They can't deny it."
"You possess the calmest mind in all of Switzerland!"
Count Erlach praised, pulling his colleague and jumping onto the carriage.
However, by noon, they returned to the gates of the Palace of Versailles, looking ashen.
Several banks had shown them confirmations of Viscount Nobert revoking the bill of exchange. Not a single cent of the 400,000 francs reached the hands of French officials.
Baron Fred stared blankly at the fountain in front of the Palace of Versailles, muttering, "So, we have been deceived?"
Count Erlach held his head in pain, squatting on the ground as if he were suffering torture.
This was a full 400,000 francs!
Not to mention that the Bern Parliament would never forgive him, and among this money, there were his personal 20,000 francs. One could say his life was completely ruined.
