"No. That was only a make-believe. That little brute planned it to deceive you. But he won't do any more planning for a while. They were his men dressed up, and he worked it so that you should see it all for yourself."
"He told me in the afternoon that you had been arrested, and that he could get you out if I would marry him at once. I insisted on having some proof. And when I saw you to-night I--I gave in."
"These people were here for the marriage then?"
"I insisted on having witnesses and on hearing from Herr Borsen that what Herr von Felsen had promised would be done. That caused the delay. If you had been half an hour later----"
"Von Felsen would have gone to the scaffold," I finished, when she paused.
"Oh, Paul!"
"It's true. But here comes Borsen. You had better go home to Chalice's I think."
"I don't want to leave you again. You get into such troubles."
"I've only lost my boots," I laughed. And at that she smiled too.
"We had better come to an understanding, Mr. Bastable," said Borsen, coming up then. "You know of course that you have to explain many things in regard to your association with the Polish plot."