He is the only person who has the right to be in my house--at all times." The husband and wife bowed in silence and, at a gesture from their mistress, departed silently, having mentally photographed the newcomer.
Gazing in open-eyed astonishment, the surprised Major faltered, "Who are these people?
Why did you do this strange thing ?" "To assure myself of safety," quietly smiled Berthe Louison.

"They are my personal servants, whom I brought on from Calcutta, and I have reason to believe that Jules is both alert and courageous.

He is a veteran of the Tonquin war, and that pretty scar was a present from the Black Flags.

They were selected by one who knows the wiles of my desperate enemy Johnstone." "Now, Major Hawke, let us to business" calmly continued Berthe, secretly enjoying Alan Hawke's dismay.

"Tell me your whole story.