"Your police detective did not get Braun's first letter to me.

He begged me to come to him.

He was to get rid of this poor girl, and I was to live like a lady." The two guilty women were weeping together when McNerney stole into the room.

He drew the young doctor aside.
"Our main work is done here," he whispered.

"Now get these two women in trim so they will not tell anything to our German friends.
You and I can handle this quest alone.