“Good,” I said. “You see how you help me. We are stronger together. We will get ready.”
I went first in search of Ivan, and heard from him that our plan had succeeded entirely, and that the men who had come in quest of Helga had all been secured.
With his assistance I soon got rid of the traces of the evening’s work, and when I saw Helga again she was ready for the start.
“About Madame Korvata?” I asked, suddenly remembering her.
“She has gone to the station for our tickets. She went long ago, before you spoke to me and while you were with Drexel.”
I looked at her and smiled.
“Then you had made up your mind before—before what you said to me?”
She flushed slightly and her eyes brightened.
“I—I foresaw what I should probably have to do,” she answered, and laughed softly. “You see, I knew I must go.”
“And that I should not let you go alone. I did not see, but I do now.”