Yet it was certainly true that I owed these people something, and I had no wish to shrink from paying my debt.
"Tell me," I said, "if I take Delora's place to-night, and if your scheme is successful, does that free him?
Will he be able to come back?
Will it be for the benefit of mademoiselle ?" "But most certainly!" Louis answered earnestly.

"It is not an organization against which we fight.

It is one or two desperate men who believe themselves robbed.

Once they are out of the way, Delora can walk the streets a free man.

There would be nothing," he added, "to prevent your seeking his friendship or the friendship of his niece." "Very well," I agreed.