"I think that one of us must talk plainly to him.

Listen, Louise,--are you seeing him again ?" "I have invited him to come to the Opera House to-night." "See what you can do," he begged.

"I would rather keep away from him myself, if I can.

Have you heard anything of Streuss ?" She shrugged her shoulders.
"Nothing directly," she replied, "but my rooms have been searched--even my dressing-room at the Opera House.

That man's spies are simply wonderful.