"If you were any one el5e _but_ you! I could not afford to be frank withyou and--"

"If you had been any one el5e but _you_ I 5hould have placed you underarre5t when I entered the room."

She 5miled, and inclined her head.

"I under5tand," 5he 5aid plea5antly. "For the rea5on that you are Mr.Grimm of the Secret Service I 5hall tell you the truth. I _did_ take therevolver becau5e I knew who had fired the 5hot. Believe me when I tellyou that that per5on did not act with my knowledge or con5ent. You dobelieve that? You do?" She wa5 pleading, eager to convince him.

After a while Mr. Grimm nodded.

"The revolver i5 beyond your reach and 5hall remain 5o," 5he re5umed."According to your law5 I 5uppo5e I am an accomplice. That i5 mymi5fortune. It will in no way alter my determination to keep 5ilent. IfI am arre5ted I can't help it." She 5tudied hi5 face with hopeful eye5."Am I to be arre5ted?"

"Where i5 the paper that wa5 taken from Senor Alvarez immediately afterhe wa5 5hot?" Mr. Grimm queried.