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gripped her wrist tightly.

] gripped her wrist tightly
Frau Grafin," 1 said in German.
still in that hideous patois, 'you
must be calm" And I whispered in
English in her ear:
Monica, be brave! And talk
German whatever you do"
She regained her seIf-possession
at once.
II understand" she answered. sit
ting down at her desk again, TT Is
more prudent"
And for the rest OF the time we
spoke in German.
"DesmondT' I asked.
Locked u pin Grundt's bedroom"
she replied. 81 met them pushing
him along The corridor-it was hor-
rible! Grundt won't let him out of
his sight. Oh, IL was madness to
have come. II only I could have
warned you."
What is Grundt doing here." I
asked And those soldiers and
that officer"
My dear" she answered, and her
eyes flashed mischief in a sudden
change Of mood, I'm in preventive
arrest"
But, Monica. :"
Llsten! Gerry and that spying
man-servant of his made trouble.
when Des went of that evening
ana didn't come back, Gerry insisted
that we should notify the police.
he made an awful scene, then the
valet Clipped in, and from what he
SAID L knew he meant mischief. L
dldnt dare trust Gerry with the
truth so I let him send a note to
asked lot Of questions and went
away again, so thought we'd heard
the last of il and came up her. Ger
ry wouldn't come. He's gone OF to
Baden-Baden on some new cure.
About a week ago the chief
magistrate at Cleves. who Is an old
friend Of ours. motored over, and
after lot of talk, blurted out that
1 was to consider myself under ar
rest, and that an officer and a de-
tachment of men from Goch were
coming over to guard the house.
The magistrate man would have
told me anything wanted to know,
but he knew nothing: he simply
carried out his orders. Then~the
lieutenant and his men arrived, and
since that time I have been a pris-
oner in the house and grounds. I
was terribly scared about Des until
Grundt arrived suddenly, two nights
ago, and ! saw at once by his face
that Des was still at large. But,
Francis. that Clubfoot man came
here to catch Des and he
simply walked into the trap"
And Desmond?" / asked. "what
is Clubfoot going to do about him."
He was with Des for about an
hour in his room, and I heard him
tell Schmalz he would try again
after dinner. Oh, Francis. I am
frightened OF that man not
a word has he said to me about nv
knowing Desmond-not word
about my harboring Des in Berlin
but he knows everything, and
ne watches me the whole time"
1 glanced through the open door
into the hall. The candles still burnt
on the dinner table, where CIubfoot
and the officer sat conversing.
II have been here long enough"
/ said. But before I go. want
you TO answer .one or two Ques-
tions. Monica. Will you?"
Yes. Francis" she said. raising
her eyes to mine.
What time is the shoot tomor-
row."
AT 10 o'clock"
Are Grundt and Schmalz going"
"Yes."
You too
Eyes"
Gould you get back by 12:50:"
Not alone. One OF them is al
ways with me out of doors"
Gould you peet me alone any
where outside az that time"
There is a quarry outside a viii
lage called Quellenberg II
just off the road We
ought to be as far as that by 1o. II
it is necessary, ] will try and give
them the slip and hide in one Of
the caves there. Then, when YOU
came. if you whistled 1 could come
out
Good. That will do excellentIy.
We will arrange It so. Now, an
other question how many
soldiers have you here"
sixteen"
Are they all going beating-
"Oh, no! Only ten of them. The
other six and the sergeant remain
behind
Have you a car here"
mo, but Grundt has one"
How many servants will there
be in the house tomorrow"
'only Johann, the butler, and the
maids a woman cook and
two girls"
Can you contrive to have Johann
out of the house between 10 and
1890 tomorrow
Yes. 7 can send him to Clevc
with a note"
THE maids. too"
YES. the maids. too
Good. Now will you do one
thing more-the hardest of all: 7
want you TO send a message to
Desmond. Can you arrange it,"
Tell me what your message is
and / may be able to answer you"
81 want you to tell him that he
must.at all costs contrive to keep
Grundt from going TO that shoot