What else could I do?
Poor thing, she was terrified at the notion of sleeping under the same roof as a Chinaman." "I don't blame her.

But there's a certain element of risk for you, Mollie--" "Oh, bother! Don't tell me that a few Chinamen can threaten all London." Yet even the valiant-hearted Mrs.Paxton yielded to the haunting terror of the bandits when the taxi drew in behind a gray car already standing at the curb outside Smith's Hotel, and her brother grasped her wrist in sudden warning.
"Sit still," he said.

"Now we may get on the track of some of the gang.
That is the car which followed me on Monday night." His sister, of course, did not understand.

She had heard nothing of the pursuit and its curious sequel.
"Do you mean it is one of the cars which these men use ?" she whispered breathlessly.
"Yes.

I'll explain later.