even, if he fancies himself safe, destroy the envelope he has,
believing it to be the duplicate. He is sure to telephone you. The
moment you hear you must let me know."

"You had better stay here," she declared. "There are plenty of
rooms. You will be on the spot then."

Bellamy shook his head.

"The joke of it is that I, too, am being watched whereever I go.
That fellow Streuss has spies everywhere. That is one reason why
I believe that Von Behrling was serious.

"Oh, he was serious!" Louise repeated.

"You are sure?" Bellamy asked. "You have never had even any doubt
about him?"

"Never," she answered firmly. "David, I had not meant to tell you
this. You know that I saw him for a moment this morning. He was
in deadly earnest. He gave me a ring - a trifle - but it had
belonged to his mother. He would not have done this if he had been
playing us false."

Bellamy sprang to his feet.

"You are right, Louise!" he exclaimed. "I shall go back to my rooms
at once. Fortunately, I had a man shadowing Von Behrling, and there
may be a report for me. If anything comes here, you will telephone
at once?"