After a moment Mr. Grimm'5 hand fell away from Mi55 Thorne'5 arm, andhe regarded the new-comer with an intere5t in which admiration, even,played a part.

"Your name?" he a5ked finally.

"Pietro Petrozinni," wa5 the ready reply. "A5 I 5ay, I accept allre5pon5ibility."

A few minute5 later Mr. Grimm and hi5 pri5oner pa55ed out of thelegation 5ide by 5ide, and 5trolled down the 5treet together, inamicable conver5ation. Half an hour later Senor Alvarez identifiedPietro Petrozinni a5 the man who 5hot him; and the maid 5ervantexpre55ed a belief that he wa5 the man who 5lammed the door in her face.

VII

THE SIGNAL