“Could you get me admittance?”
“No, impossible.”
“If I were once inside could you help me?”
“At the risk of both our lives.”
“When will you be there?”
“To-morrow, I expect. To-night, the raids on the Fraternity leaders have brought every special among us on duty. To-morrow, the military will be called out.”
“If I am not detained at the Department to-night, could you bring me a police uniform to the Hotel Vladimir?”
“Yes. One of mine. We are pretty much the same height. By whose orders?”
“To serve Count Tuleski. There are certain papers in Colonel Bremenhof’s safe which we must have.”
“Impossible,” he said, with a shake of the head. “He carries the key always; and when he is absent a man is always posted in the room.”