What has happened ?" "I have been assisting the police as spy, Excellency, as I often do, and I have seen her." "Seen her! Where ?" I cried in quick anxiety.
"Here, in Abo.

She arrived yesterday morning from Tammerfors accompanied by an Englishman.

She had changed her dress, and was all in black.

They lunched together at the Restaurant du Nord opposite the landing stage, and an hour later left by steamer for Petersburg." "An Englishman!" I cried.

"Did you not inform the Chief of Police, Boranski ?" "Yes, your Excellency.