Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-16
lContinued frorn Yesterday's star.)

And now, to crowd his misfortunes,
he had Numbered into the hands of
these Frenchmen. II was the last
straw, and he was on the point of a
complete nervous collapse.
L realized that my chances of get
ting any coherent information from
him were small unless 1 could to some
extent restore his faculties.
You must pull yourself together, ;"
said firmly. We've got to get
away from here somehow. If we
escape, I'll square it with the pro
member, 1 have friends in Hanover.
They can none of them dispense with
me-"
My change of tone had the desired
effect, for Adolf rapidly grew calmer,
and a submissiveness never too absent
came into his voice. Evidently a man
who was able to face the professor
was, in Adolf's opinion, a man to be
treated with respect. 1t was a point
of view with which l was destined to
sympathize increasingly as time
went on.
The moment had now come TO
bring Adolf to the point. I assumed
an air that obviously meant business.
THE first thing" 1 said, lis TO
escape, and we must settle at once
where we are going as soon as we get
away"
zone moment" interposed Adolf.
Have the Frenlhmen taken the docu-
ment which 1 handed to you last
night?"
mo. You don't suppose I'd allow
myself to be caught with a paper like
that" / replied, assuming again the
nf Won FINN erich
mo, no, of course not" he hastily
assured me. But where have you
hidden it?''
That's my affair" I said CURLY.
TITS safe. You needn't worry"
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Come, now, II went on. Eve
haven't any time to lose. We must
make our plans. Take a cigarette.
They've had the decency to leave me
my case"
Adolf took the cigarette eagerly.
80 the professor has burnt mum
Der 49," he said musingly.
II don't know" l replied. AT any
rate. it was on fire when l saw il
last"
THAT was part of a pre-arranged
plan" said Adolf. eff ever we had
TO leave quickly, it was to be de
stroyed There are lots of things in
number 40 which the professor
wouldn't like to expose. l expect
they have gone to the Villa Mort
main"
And where's that" I asked.
He seemed surprised. He even
looked at me suspiciouSly.
Surely you know that" he said
at was Schreckermann's private
house before he moved to Geneva
You appear to forget" L said
that my instructions were to go t
the Rue Etienne Dumont. 1 know
no other place"
1.-The Villa Mortmain is at Belle
rive, on the other side of the lake,
said Adolf IT'S not very easy tc
reach from here
Time enough to see about thai
when we get away 1 rejoined.
We discussed various plans of es
cape, and, eventually, he agreed L
my suggestion that 1 should en-
deavor to overpower Jules when ht
came to bring US food in the morning
IF he does come" said Adolf.
"Of course he'll come / declared
in the manner that. with Adolf
brooked no further question. There
no reason why these people SHOULD
Starve us"
We settled to take it in turns L
sleep. so that one of US would Away
be on the alert when Jules arrived
I took the first watch myself, and
as l sat budding into my blankets
cold and very tired, | revolyed all tn
incredible happenings of the day. l
was not till L sat in that dark ant
damp cellar, with nothing TO occup!
my mind, that / realized the full
horror of all that had happened. u
to my arrival at the Secretariat il
the early evening, there had been tn