see how he will be watched. I do not suppose that they will leave
us alone for a moment."

Bellamy took her hands in his, gripping them with almost unnatural
force.

"Louise," he declared earnestly, "you don't quite realize Von
Behrling's special weakness and your extraordinary strength. You
know that you are beautiful, I suppose, but you do not quite know
what that means. I have heard men talk about you till one would
think that they were children. You have something of that art or
guile - call it what you will - which passes from you through a
man's blood to his brain, and carries him indeed to Heaven - but
carries him there mad. Louise, don't be angry with me for what I
say. Remember that I know my sex. I know you, too, and I trust
you, but you can turn Von Behrling from a sane, honorable man into
what you will, without suffering even his lips to touch your
fingers. Von Behrling has that packet in his possession. When I
come to see you in London, I will bring you twenty thousand pounds
in Bank of England notes. With that Von Behrling might fancy
himself on his way to America - with you."

She closed her eyes for a moment. Perhaps she wished to keep hidden
from him the thoughts which chased one another through her brain.
He wished to make use of her - of her, the woman whom he loved.
Then she remembered that it was for her country and his, and the
anger passed.

"But I am afraid," she said softly, "that the moment they reach
London this document will be taken to the Austrian Embassy."