"But you have him now on a double charge."
"Him and his accomplice. Justice will be satisfied, never fear."
"How long will you keep me here?"
"I regret that for the present it will be impossible to release you. We are compelled first to verify the facts before us. But in a few days at the latest I hope your trouble will be at an end. You have powerful friends, Monsieur."
"The British Embassy, I suppose?" said Hyde, complacently.
"Yes; and his Imperial Majesty has deigned to go personally into your case."
"Then I can wait events calmly and without fear."
Presently, when Hyde had been removed, Ledantec was introduced, and was received with the brutal harshness which was the judge's habitual manner towards prisoners.
"Your name, profession, address?" he asked abruptly.
"Silas Hobson, an English journalist, residing in Duke Street, St. James's, London."