Then, at his instructions, she had written upon a yellow telegraph-form a cipher message addressed to the mysterious "Meteforos, Paris." It read, when decoded:-- "Arrange with amethyst.

I agree the price of pearls.

Have no fear of Smithson, but watch Peters.

If London refuses, then Mayfair.

Expect report of Bedford." It was not signed by the Baronet's name, but by the signature he always used on such telegraphic replies: "Senrab." From such a despatch she could gather nothing.