"I am bound to keep my place here.

They'll drive me out if they can.

I am convinced that the polite warning I have received to leave Monaco this afternoon because of last night's affair, is part of the conspiracy.

In plain words, I've got to stick it out." "But what good are you doing here, anyway ?" Hunterleys smiled and glanced carefully around the room.

They were still free from any risk of being overheard.
"Well," he said, "perhaps you will understand my meaning more clearly if I tell you that I am the brains of a counterplot.