I must give Hugh Johnstone the idea that I am inside the official secrets as to the affair of the Baronetcy.

Fear will make him bend, if he is guilty, and I will alarm Ram Lal at the right time.

If they have any old bond of union, the ex-Commissioner may turn to me for help, and all this will bring me nearer to the still heart-whole woman who is hidden in that marble prison.

I will make my strongest running on the Swiss woman.

Once the bond of friendly secrecy established between us, she can be fed, bit by bit, for then she dare not break away." Ram Lal Singh was the last watcher in Delhi who coveted a glimpse that night into the dim future.