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"They will have time to make preparation." Streuss laughed bitterly. "Worse than that!" he exclaimed. "They are not all fools, these English statesmen, though one would think so to read their speeches. Can't you see what the result would be if that document reaches Downing Street? War at a moment's notice, war six months too soon!
If he had had the merest suspicion, do you not think that he would have stayed with us?" "Bellamy is very clever," Streuss answered. "There are too many of us to deal with, he knew that. Mademoiselle Idiale is clever, too. Remember that half the trouble in life has come about through false women. "What is it that you want?" Von Behrling demanded.
You are sure of what you say that your rooms and dressing-room have been searched?" "Absolutely certain," she declared. "That will be sufficient," Bellamy decided. "If Streuss comes to me, I shall meet him frankly. I shall tell him that he has tried to play the burglar and that it must be war.
"I will sign a draft for you here, and I will undertake to bring you the money, or honor it wherever you say, within twenty-four hours." "I cannot decide so quickly," said Bellamy, shaking his head. "Mademoiselle Idiale and I must talk together first. I am not sure," he added, "whether I might not find a higher bidder." Streuss laughed mirthlessly. "There is little fear of that," he said.
Bellamy was thinking deeply. "You say, Louise," he asked, looking up quickly, "that your rooms have been searched. When was this?" "Only last night," she replied. Bellamy drew a little sigh of relief. "At any rate," he said, "Streuss has no idea that the document is not in our possession. He knows nothing about Laverick. How are we going to deal with him, Louise, when he comes for his answer?"
There was Streuss, with blanched face and hard features, standing with his back to the door. There was Zoe, and, behind, her brother. She held out her hands timidly towards him, and her eyes were soft with pleading. "I did not want you to come here, Mr. Laverick," she cried softly. "I tried so hard to stop you. It was not I who sent that message."
With eyes fixed upon the tablecloth, he seemed to be thinking deeply, till presently he raised his head and looked steadily at Bellamy. "You are sure that Von Behrling has not fooled you? You are sure that you have that identical packet?" "I am absolutely certain that I have," Bellamy answered, without flinching. "Then accept my price and have done with this matter," Streuss begged.
So they waited. Streuss, not for the first time, moved to the window and drawing aside the curtains looked down into the street. "Will he come this Englishman?" he muttered. "Has he courage?" "More courage than you who keep a girl here against her will!" Zoe panted, looking at him defiantly. "More courage than my poor brother, who stands there like a coward!" "Shut up, Zoe!"
There was Adolf Kahn, the man who had strolled out from the Milan Hotel as Laverick had entered it, leaving the forged order behind him. There was Streuss stern, and desperate with anxiety.
It seems to me that your danger is no less than his." "I do not go about with twenty thousand pounds in my pocket-book," with a smile. She shook her head. "No, but Streuss believes that you have the document which he is pledged to recover. Be careful that they do not lead you into a trap. They are not above anything, these men.
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