Grimm.
Finally she went on:
"When next I met you it was in the Venezuelan legation; you were
investigating the theft of the fifty thousand dollars in gold from the
safe. I thrust myself into that case, because I was afraid of you; and
mercilessly destroyed a woman's name in your eyes to further my plans. I
made you believe that Senorita Rodriguez stole that fifty thousand
dollars, and I returned it to you, presumably, while we stood in her
room that night. Only it was not her room--it was _mine!_ _I_ stole the
fifty thousand dollars! All the details, even to her trip to see Mr.
Griswold in Baltimore in company with Mr. Cadwallader, had been
carefully worked out; and she _did_ bring me the combination of the safe
from Mr. Griswold on the strength of a forged letter. But she didn't
know it. There was no theft, of course. I had no intention of keeping
the money. It was necessary to take it to distract attention from the
thing I _did_ do--break a lock inside the safe to get a sealed packet
that contained Venezuela's answer to our plan. I sealed that packet
again, and there was never a suspicion that it had been opened.
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