A RESCUE AND A SIEGE The woman stared at him in wild amazement.

That she was free temporarily at least, could not be gainsaid.

Her captors had not seen fit to bind her and she now stood absolutely untouched by anyone.

The shooting, the fighting, had confused her.

She had only seen Marteau as an accomplice and friend of her assailants, she had no clew to his apparent change of heart.