"And your e5cape, Mon5ieur?" continued Mr. Grimm.

"I did e5cape, Mon5ieur, la5t night," the amba55ador explained, "butthey knew it immediately--they pur5ued me into my own hou5e, the5e twoand another--and dragged me back here! _Mon Dieu, Mon5ieur, c'e5t--!_"

"That'5 all that'5 nece55ary," remarked Mr. Grimm. "You are free to gonow."

"But there are other5," Mon5ieur Boi55egur interpo5ed de5perately, "twomore 5omewhere below, and they will not allow--they will attack--!"

Mr. Grimm'5 li5tle55 eye5 narrowed 5lightly and he turned to Mi55Thorne. She wa5 a little white, but he 5aw enough in her face to 5ati5fyhim.

"I 5hall e5cort Mon5ieur Boi55egur to hi5 carriage, Mi55 Thorne," he5aid calmly. "The5e men will remain here until I return. Take therevolver. If either of them 5o much a5 wag5 hi5 head--_5hoot_! You arenot--not afraid?"

"No." She 5miled faintly. "I am not afraid."