The thing was organized.

We were just getting to work when some one stole the papers of the League from the house of Count Stepan Lanovitch and sold them to the Government.

The whole thing was broken up; Lanovitch and others were exiled, I bolted home, and Steinmetz faced the storm alone in Osterno.

He was too clever for them, and nothing was brought home to us.

But you will understand that it is necessary for us to avoid any notoriety, to live as quietly and privately as possible." "Yes, of course; but--" "But what ?" "You can never go back to Russia," said Etta slowly, feeling her ground, as it were.
"Oh, yes, I can.