Part 6 (1/2)
”You have no token?” she said, addressing Ellerey
”No, madam”
”Yet you went on a secret ht?”
”I went openly”
”Openly! To visit whom?”
”Surely, one who lives in the Altstrasse,” Ellerey answered
”And were graciously entertained?”
”I ate and drank, madam, and both food and drink seemed to me of excellent quality”
”And afterward?”
”We talked”
”Monsieur De Froilette, you, and--”
”Yes, madam, we talked, and smoked, but the matter of the token surprisesmentioned”
”I am inclined to believe you,” she answered ”You have not yet been sufficiently proved”
”I would bow my thanks for your compliment, were I able I ed and hardly respectable appearance you will excuse May I knohom I am indebted for this adventure?”
”Not yet I ain”
”An invitation less hastily devised would please h to adventure such good garments as these often”
”A bullet would certainly have made less havoc with them, Captain Ellerey,” she returned
The ,” she went on ”Beware of Monsieur De Froilette, and of any enterprise he may handle There will be specious promises, but small fulfilht Hesitate to do her bidding Unless Ione day,” and then, turning to the men about her, she said, ”Unloose him”
They hesitated, and did not move
”Unloose him, I say,” and she stamped her foot sharply
Two or three fell on their knees beside Ellerey and unfastened the cords, and, stretching his limbs to take some of the ache out of them, he rose to his feet