The thought of personal danger never once entered her mind.

Timidity was not part of her nature and she gave this phase of the matter no thought.

All that seriously troubled her was the knowledge that she was handicapped in the case, unable to carry out the plans previously outlined.
From now on she would be watched, guarded against, deceived.

That these people--Enright particularly--were playing a desperate game for big stakes, was already evident.

They had not hesitated at murder to achieve their ends, and yet the girl somehow failed to comprehend that this discovery by them, that she was on their trail, placed her in personal peril.
There were two reasons causing indifference--a carelessness engendered by long newspaper experience, and a feeling that the telegram told so little they would never realise how far the investigation had progressed.