"Safe—and dishonored," he said. "I am only glad for my men."
"Why dishonored?" asked Harry.
"Don't you understand?"
"The man," said Pauline, curiously, "the man who placed the bomb?
Where is he?"
"Dead," said Summers. "He broke the tube after you were released and then attacked me with a knife. I had to kill him."
"Good for you!" broke in Harry. "But what's all the gloom talk for?
This stuff about dishonor? You've proved yourself a hero, man."
"I have lost the most important documents of the Navy Department— through a silly entanglement with a woman."
"No, you haven't. We went and got them for you," said Harry, presenting the packet of plans.