5/9 "You'll find the baron in the other room, Miss Lorne, looking a little grotesque in that grey suit of mine. In with you, quickly; go with him through the other door, and get below before those fellows begin to stir. Get out of the house as quietly and as expeditiously as you can. With God's help, I'll meet you at the Hotel du Louvre in the morning, and put the missing fragment in the baron's hands." "And may God give you that help!" she answered fervently as she moved towards the dressing-room door. "Ah, what a man! what a man!" Then, in a twinkling she was gone, and Cleek stood alone in the silent room. |