I saw the little white pieces drift away before the wind.

I suppose he was afraid I might catch him, and so he destroyed the letter which must have had a tale to tell.

When I came back I looked for the pieces, but I found only one large enough to bear anything that had meaning." He took from his tunic a fragment of white paper and held it up.

It bore upon it two words in large letters: "ACHILLE GARAY" "That," said Robert, "is obviously the name of a Frenchman, and it seems to me it must have been the name of this fugitive spy or messenger to whom the letter was addressed.

Achille Garay is the man whom we want.
Don't you think so, Mynheer Huysman ?" "It iss truly the one we would like to capture," said Mynheer Jacobus, "but I fear that all present chance to do so hass passed.