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"Not only that, but there is no mention of his pocket-book in the account of his murder. It must have been engineered by Streuss and the others, and they have got away with the pocket-book and the money." "What can we do?" she asked. "There is nothing to be done," Bellamy declared calmly. "We are defeated. The thing is quite apparent.
"I happened to hear the address my friend Laverick gave to the taxicab driver, and I was particularly anxious to have a word or two with him before I left for the Continent." Streuss was surely something of a charlatan! His revolver had disappeared. The smile upon his lips was both gracious and unembarrassed. "One is always only too pleased to welcome Mr. Bellamy anywhere anyhow," he declared.
They were together in Streuss's sitting-room on the seventh floor of one of the great Strand hotels. "Our enterprise is a failure!" Kahn exclaimed gloomily. "We cannot doubt it any longer. I think, Streuss, that the best course you and I could adopt would be to realize it and to get back. We do no good here. We only run needless risks." The face of the other man was dark with anger.
"If neither you nor I were responsible for his death, who was?" "That I can't tell you. Perhaps later in the day we shall hear from the police. It is scarcely the sort of murder which would remain long undetected, especially as he was robbed of a large sum in bank-notes." "Supplied by His Majesty's Government, I presume?" Streuss remarked. "Precisely," Bellamy assented, "and paid to him by me."
He was angry at having been outwitted and his eyes gleamed ominously. "Well, gentlemen," he exclaimed, "you seem to have taken unusual pains to secure my presence here! Tell me now, what can I do for you?" It was Streuss who became spokesman. He addressed Laverick with the consideration of one gentleman addressing another. His voice had many agreeable qualities. His demeanor was entirely amicable.
"At any rate," Streuss said grimly, "we have now no more secrets from one another. I will ask you one last question. Where is that packet at the present moment?" Bellamy raised his eyebrows. "It is a question," he declared, "which you could scarcely expect me to answer." "I will put it another way," Streuss continued.
It is open to them to destroy the German navy utterly, to render themselves secure against attack." "They would never have the courage," Kahn declared. "They might make a show of defending themselves if they were attacked, but to take the initiative no! I do not believe it." "There is one man who has wit enough to do it," Streuss said. "He may not be in the Cabinet, but he commands it.
Streuss turned away from the window and looked towards Zoe. "Young lady," he said quietly, "let me beg you not to distress yourself so. I sincerely trust that nothing unpleasant will happen. If it does, I promise you that we will arrange for your temporary absence. You shall not be disturbed in any way." "And as regards your brother, have a care, young lady," Lassen growled.
Remember that it is not only the packet which you are offering to buy, but also my career and my honor." "One hundred thousand pounds," Streuss said slowly. "From your own side you get nothing nothing but your beggarly salary and an occasional reprimand. One hundred thousand pounds is not immense wealth, but it is something."
The man at the window suddenly dropped the curtain and spoke across the room to them all. "He is here," he announced. "Alone?" Lassen asked thickly. "Alone," Streuss echoed. A little thrill seemed to pass through the room. Zoe made no attempt to cry out. Instead she leaned forward towards the door, as though listening. Her attitude seemed harmless enough. No one took any more notice of her.
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