This gave her an idea.

She made her fake confession to reach his side; once there, she warned him of his danger and they fled together." We walked along a moment in silence.

All about us the lurid special editions of the afternoon were flaunting their predictions of the horror to come.

The face of the colonel was grave.
"How long had Von der Herts held his position at the Yard ?" I asked.
"For nearly five years," Hughes answered.
"It seems incredible," I murmured.
"So it does," he answered; "but it is only the first of many incredible things that this war will reveal.

Two months from now we shall all have forgotten it in the face of new revelations far more unbelievable." He sighed.