“You must have been listening to our conversation,” said Diamond.
Again she shrugged her shoulders.
“I do not need to do that. I heard some words just when I came up. I heard you speak of Dreyfus, the traitor. But I did not need that to tell me you were interested in him. You hope to see him free again.”
“As hope thousands of good citizens of France.”
“No; they are not good citizens! But why argue! It was not for that I sat here. I was tired, and I needed amusement. It would amuse me to astonish you by reading your fortune. Monsieur Merriwell was warned of his danger. He might have escaped it, but he chose not to do so. He came near losing his life. If he heeds not the warning he has received, he will yet lose his life.”
“How do you know so much?” cried Jack.
“You must be connected with the Anti-Dreyfus League,” muttered Frank.
She shook her head.
“It is not well for a foreigner to come to France and have so much knowledge. It is not fortunate for him if he meets wrong ones and takes too much interest in Dreyfus, the Jew. It may be thought he has come to France for that very reason, and then his peril shall be great, for hundreds of good men have sworn to protect the honor of France with their very lives.”
“Who are you that knows so much?” asked Frank sharply.