THE ESCAPE
That evening remains in Dan Webster's memory as the most crowded and most glorious of his life. Its supreme moment was when Kasia Vard gave herself into his arms and raised her lips to his in confession and surrender, and it left them both dazzled and breathless; but at last they were able to speak coherently.
"So you are a prisoner, too?" Dan asked.
"Yes."
"I suspected it. How splendid that I have found you!"
"It was silly of me to be frightened—I might have known it was you!"
"How could you have known?"
"Admiral Pachmann told me he had set a trap for you."
Dan glanced about the room quickly.
"They must not know I am here," he said, lowering his voice.