when i described his looks she thought he might be her dead father s secretary � for she then believed her father was dead she wished to see him but always kept out of her sight then when anne went to mrs he still continued to dog me he got to know a concert hall where i frequently sang and hired himself there as an attendant then he took to sending me love letters i was angry at first afterwards i wondered if he know anything about and thought he must if he really was the secretary as anne said i asked him to come here said the princess you have behaved badly s evidence tf has all turned out for the best responded wearily she was beginning to show signs of fatigue again but still kept on with her explanation in the most manner came he is a handsome young fellow and was well dressed i led him on to talk about anne he told me more than he should have done told you what that had come in for money and was living at as i knew from anne about the money i put two and two together and concluded that was pretending to be anne s father that she was really my half sister and that her pretended father had really murdered to get the money as but how did you know about this asked why replied much surprised at his i read the case in the papers i knew that anne could not have killed and having settled in my own mind that she was not s daughter from her resemblance to me i decided that who lived at the and had the money was really my mother s enemy i sent for my mother she came over went down to and recognized that is all wait a minute said quickly what about your telling steel to look after well mr ware it was this way she answered when you came to me and talked about the scarlet cross i remembered that had such a one on his watch chain the of the gang of course but i did not know that until later then steel came in if you remember and hinted that the red cross was the symbol of such a gang your talk of the cross being found in the church and that you thought a coin of edward vii it was dropped by the criminal set me thinking i sent for again and tried to find out the truth at first he refused saying it was as much as his hfe was worth to talk and i he is right would not stick at a second murder by the way did you know he was only when confessed i gradually got him to be confidential to me promising that he would not get into trouble he was so deeply in love with me that he spoke out at last my dear well mother i knew if i could get at the truth i could save anne the princess nodded well pleased i am glad you thought of your sister flushed a deep red and her eyes sought those of it was not my sister i thought of but of myself she said in a low tone you see mother i fancied that i might get something if i could prove the innocence of anne for i is any explanation needed said uneasily she paused for a moment and looked at him no she said at length that is all over i think no more explanation need be made but with regard to he told me that had come to england to see about the money left to he disguised himself as and lodged at a mrs s then he went down to and and murdered interposed eagerly so i said mr ware but who seems devoted in a way to that he struck the blow does he know who did no he says doesn t know either s evidence s a bigger scoundrel than you think said recalling his last conversation at the he anne of the girl he ll have to prove it then said coolly while her mother shrieked i ll be able to save anne never fear however told me that the red cross was the of a thieves gang had a called the red cross which goes from one port to another to take stolen goods on board that s what steel says of course told him when he him with it the boy for he is just twenty five told me everything and you told steel said ware rather reproachfully i had to tell steel if i wished to save anne retorted but i asked him to do nothing to the liberty of mark did he promise that yes saw him in i told him to call with a note which i gave him did not know why he was sent and when he discovered that steel was a he became afraid i believe he told something but he afterwards ran away he doesn t trust you any longer perhaps said the princess from his attitude last night i think he does although he was a trifle he will come if steel has written a letter to call him here in my name then i he will be able to explain why he took anne away will he do so ah that is what we must find out paused then continued i wanted steel to learn all he could it a coin of edward vii from about as i wish to see that man arrested nothing would give me greater pleasure cried the princess i thought of that tried to ruin your mother and he did � he did she said bitterly he tried or rather he is trying to ruin anne also said for these reasons i wish steel to find evidence against him so that 