So do we--Athalie, Baron de Carjorac, and I.So, also, does the creature--the thing--the abominable horror known as 'The Red Crawl.'" "My dear Miss Lorne, what are you saying ?" "The truth, nothing but the truth!" she answered hysterically.

"Oh, let me begin at the beginning--you'll never understand unless I do.

I'll tell you in as few words as possible--as quickly as I can.

It all began last winter, when Athalie and her father were at Monte Carlo.

There they met Madame la Comtesse de la Tour and her brother, Monsieur Gaston Merode.