It is probable that he has with him a dozen desperate fellows of his Black Forest gang, and the task of so arranging it that we may interpose between her and the arch-villain is a difficult one indeed.

While you send for these officials, I will go and reconnoitre the house; it is quite dark." The house differed little from its fellows.

It was old, with gables, and each floor projected beyond the one below it.

A dim light was visible in one of the upper rooms, while a far brighter light shone through the folds of curtains which had been drawn across a window lower down.

Rupert drew his own conclusions.
Returning, he found the burgomaster and chief constable already with Mynheer van Duyk.