envelope such as this had been arranged for him to show the others
or leave at the Austrian Embassy in case of emergency. He had it
with him in his pocket-book. He even told me so. God in Heaven,
he gave me the wrong one!"

The Minister glanced once more at the clock.

"In that case," he said, "perhaps he would not go to the Embassy
to-night, especially if he was in disguise. You may still be able
to find him and repair the error.

"I will try," answered Bellamy. "Thank Heaven!" he added, with a
sudden gleam of satisfaction, "my watchers are still dogging his
footsteps. I can find out before morning where he went when he
left our rendezvous. There is another way, too. Mademoiselle -
this man Von Behrling believed that she was leaving the country
with him. She was to have had a message within the next few hours.

The Minister nodded thoughtfully.

"Bellamy, I have been your friend and you have done us good service
often. The Secret Service estimates, as you know, are above
supervision, but twenty thousand pounds is a great deal of money to
have paid for this."

He touched the sheets of blank paper with his forefinger. Bellamy's
teeth were clenched.

"The money shall be returned, sir.