The fact of his presence alone served to make the affair reasonably clear.

The telegram stolen from her room by Miss La Rue had led to this action.

They had suspected her before, but that had served to confirm their suspicions, and as soon as it had been shown to Enright, he had determined to place her where she would be helpless to interfere with their plans.
But what did they propose doing with her?
The question caused her blood to run cold.

That these people were desperate she had every reason to believe; they were battling for big stakes: not even murder had hitherto stood in their way?
Why then, should they hesitate to take her life, if they actually deemed it necessary to the final success of their plans?
She remembered what Beaton had said about her room--the condition in which it had been left.

It was not all clear, yet it was clear enough, that they had taken every precaution to make her sudden disappearance appear natural.