2/18 "It proves--what ?" "That these notes were given to this woman in Russia, recently--most likely in St.Petersburg," replied the American. "And, in my opinion, their presence--their discovery--proves more. It suggests at any rate that this woman, the dead maid, was a tool in the conspiracy to rob Miss Lennard and Mr.James Allerdyke, that this money is her reward, or part of it, and that the whole scheme was hatched and engineered in Russia." "Good!" muttered Allerdyke. "Now we're getting to business." "We shall have to get some evidence from Russia," observed the chief meditatively. |