She nodded.

"Well?"

"I am going to leave the train at the next stop," he continued. "I
find that I shall just catch the Northern Express to Berlin. From
there I shall come on to London as quickly as I can. You know the
address of my rooms?"

She nodded.

"15, Fitzroy Street."

"When I get there, let me have a line waiting to tell me where I
can see you. While I am on the train you will find Von Behrling
almost inaccessible. Directly I have gone it will be different.
Play with him carefully. He should not be difficult. To tell you
the truth, I am rather surprised that he has been trusted upon a
mission like this. He was in disgrace with the Chancellor a short
while ago, and I know that he was hurt at not being allowed to
attend the conference. The others will watch him closely, but
they cannot overhear everything that passes between you two. Von
Behrling is a poor man. You will know how to make him wish he were
rich."

Very slowly her eyebrows rose up. She looked at him doubtfully.

"It is a slender chance, David," she remarked. "Von Behrling is a
little wild, I know, and he pretends to be very much in love with
me, but I do not think that he would sell his country. Then, too,