You see I have traveled in the time I have been an agent for
my government. Well, Madame Boissegur received this letter about
half-past four o'clock this afternoon; and about half-past five she sent
for me and placed it in my hands, together with all the singular details
following upon the ambassador's disappearance. So, it would seem that
you and I are allies for this once, and the problem is already solved.
There merely remains the task of finding and releasing the ambassador."
Mr. Grimm sat perfectly still.
"And why," he asked slowly, "are you here now?"
"For the same reason that you are here," she replied readily, "to see
for myself if the--the person who twice came here at night--once for the
ambassador's letters and once for his cigarettes--would, by any chance,
make another trip. I knew you were here, of course."
"You knew I was here," repeated Mr. Grimm musingly. "And, may I--?"
"Just as you knew that I, or some one, at least, had entered this house
a few minutes ago," she interrupted. "The automobile horn outside was a
signal, wasn't it? Hastings was in the car? Or was it Blair or Johnson?"
Mr.
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