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On the other hand, there is, of course, the chance that you may be, as you say, engaged in carrying out some enterprise, political or otherwise, which necessitates these mysterious doings on your part. I have no wish to be your enemy, or to interfere in any legitimate operation. If you care to take me into your confidence you will not find me unreasonable." Delora bowed.
There was an instant's silence. I looked at Delora and wondered what he meant. He looked at me as a man looks at his enemy. "May I ask how you intend to prevent me?" I inquired. "Easily!" he answered, with a slight sneer. "There are four men in this house who will obey my bidding. There are also five modes of exit, two of which lead into the river."
I thrust the telegram into my waistcoat pocket and finished the rubber. Soon afterwards I cut out and took a hansom round to Claridge's Hotel. I found my brother in and expecting to hear from me. "Ralph," I said, "I can't bring you any news just now. If you must cable Dicky, you had better just cable that we are making inquiries. I have an appointment to see Delora at ten o'clock to-night."
Will he be able to come back? Will it be for the benefit of mademoiselle?" "But most certainly!" Louis answered earnestly. "It is not an organization against which we fight. It is one or two desperate men who believe themselves robbed. Once they are out of the way, Delora can walk the streets a free man.
His Excellency smiled at me graciously as I made my adieux, and passed on. Despite my disappointment, I felt that I was now becoming profoundly interested in my quest. The evidence, too, was all in favor of Delora. It seemed, indeed, as though this undertaking in which he was involved might, after all, be connected with other things than crime!
The accident, it seemed, was a trivial one, and with the help of a special spanner, with which we were supplied, was already rectified. I returned and explained matters to Delora. "Have you come far this morning?" I asked. "Not far," Delora answered. "We are taking it easy."
"I should have washed my hands of the whole affair," I told him, "before now, but from the fact that I have received a cable from my brother, who is in Rio, concerning these very people. He had first of all, in a letter, asked me to be civil and to look them up. His cable begged me, on behalf of an elder brother out there, to look after Delora, find out what he was doing, and report.
I nodded, and did not pursue the subject. On my way back to my rooms half an hour later I stopped to speak for a few minutes with the hall-porter. "Mr. Delora has not arrived yet, sir," he remarked. "No!" I answered. "I dare say there has been some slight mistake. I fancy that he has telephoned to his niece." The hall-porter looked a little puzzled.
Delora and his niece from Folkestone to Charing Cross." "That is quite true," I answered. "The guard put them in my carriage." "Did you converse with them during the journey, sir?" "The man was asleep all the way," I answered. "He never even opened his eyes till we were practically in London." "You talked, perhaps, with the young lady?" the man inquired.
"I am sorry," I answered, "but I cannot at present answer any more questions, except with Miss Delora's permission." "You can tell me this, Captain Rotherby," the detective asked, looking at me keenly, "do you know whether Miss Delora has been in communication with her uncle since she reached the hotel?" "I have no idea," I answered.
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