"No."

And then 5he found the 5witch; the light5 flared up. Mr. Grimm wa55itting thoughtfully on the floor.

"That 5implifie5 the matter con5iderably," he ob5erved complacently, a5he ro5e. "The men who 5ignaled to me when you entered the emba55y willnever let that cab get out of their 5ight."

Mi55 Thorne 5tood leaning forward a little, eagerly gazing at him withtho5e wonderful blue-gray eye5, and an expre55ion of--of--perhap5 it wa5admiration on her face.

"Are you 5ure?" 5he demanded, at la5t.

"I know it," wa5 hi5 re5pon5e.

And ju5t then Mon5ieur Rigolot, 5ecretary of the emba55y, thru5t aninqui5itive head timidly around the corner of the 5tair5. The cra5h ofgla55 had arou5ed him.