I'm not to be bribed." "Have you really a warrant for my arrest ?" "I've carried it since Friday.

It's no use, Mershone, the game's up and you may as well grin and bear it." Mershone was about to reply when the door opened and Diana Von Taer came in with a swift, catlike tread and confronted him with flaming eyes.
"You coward! You low, miserable scoundrel! How dare you come here to annoy and browbeat that poor girl ?" she cried in clear, cutting accents, without noticing the presence of Fogerty.
"Oh, shut up, Di, you're in it as deep as I am," he retorted, turning away with a flushed face.
"I'm not, sir! Never have I countenanced this wicked, criminal act," she declared.

"I have come here to-day to save Louise from your wiles and carry her back to her friends.

I dare you, or your confederates," with a scornful look at the detective, "to interfere with me in any way." Then she turned to Cerise and continued: "Where is Miss Merrick now ?" "In your own room, ma'm'seile." "Come with me, then." With a defiant glance at Mershone she turned haughtily and left the room.

Cerise followed obediently, somewhat astonished at the queer turn of events.
Left alone with Mershone, Fogerty chuckled gleefully.
"Why, it seems I wasn't needed, after all," said he, "and we've both of us taken a lot of trouble for nothing, Mershone.