"Let me pass!" "Your story of Sydney Bamborough," went on Steinmetz coldly, "was a good one wherewith to frighten a panic-stricken woman.

But you brought it to the wrong person when you brought it to me.

Do you suppose that I would have allowed the marriage to take place unless I knew that Bamborough was dead ?" "You may be telling the truth about that incident or you may not," said De Chauxville.

"But my knowledge of the betrayal of the Charity League is sufficient for my purpose." "Yes," admitted Steinmetz grimly, "you have information there with possibilities of mischief in it.

But I shall discount most of it by telling Prince Pavlo to-night all that I know, and I know more than you do.