“That may be true in the past.”
“But now——”
“You are not certain of another hour!”
“Why not?”
“Why not! You know that this night the Black Brothers would have destroyed you but for the coming of the police!”
“That was because they had me in their power, and they were enraged by their failure to find in my possession what they sought.”
“That may have been the reason, then. It is probable that they believe you still have the missing paper in your possession.”
“Which I have not.”
“They do not know that; you could not make them believe it.”
“And so——”