Althea started in alarm at this.
"You can take that threat back, Borsen, or I shall say what I have to say before the rest of the people here," I returned sharply.
"I didn't mean it as a threat," he replied.
"So much the better. Let some one see Fräulein von Ringheim home, and then we'll talk."
The minister who was to have performed the ceremony agreed to go with her; and then Borsen, von Felsen and I were left alone.
CHAPTER XXX
THE END
As soon as we three were left alone, I drew an easy chair close to the door, threw myself into it and begged a cigar from Borsen.
"Now, Herr Borsen, what has von Felsen told you?" I asked sharply. "I'm dead beat and want to get to bed. We'll have this thing over as soon as possible. I'm going to let him tell you why he wouldn't allow me to send for Feldermann just now, and I'll sit here and check what he says. He can tell you as much as he likes."
"You don't appear to understand that you have to explain your connexion with the Polish party," he retorted.