Scarcely could she feel its pulsation, and to Aribert her eyes expressed a sudden despair.
At that moment Hans re-entered the room and beckoned to her.
'I have heard that Herr Racksole has returned to the hotel,' he whispered, 'and that he has captured that man Jules, who they say is such a villain.' Several times during the night Nella inquired for her father, but could gain no knowledge of his whereabouts.

Now, at half-past six in the morning, a rumour had mysteriously spread among the servants of the hotel about the happenings of the night before.

How it had originated no one could have determined, but it had originated.
'Where is my father ?' Nella asked of Hans.
He shrugged his shoulders, and pointed upwards.

'Somewhere at the top, they say.' Nella almost ran out of the room.

Her interruption of the interview between Jules and Theodore Racksole has already been described.