'Except that I retract that possible alternative,' she said calmly. 'I shall deal with Ossendorf myself.'
'But I don't understand,' he persisted.
'How should you?' she answered, smiling.
'By the by, where are we going? We spoke of a music hall, didn't we?'
'I have a box at the Empire,' he told her.
She was stepping by him into the taxi when she suddenly paused. Her frame seemed to become rigid.
'The Empire,' he told the driver.
She turned suddenly around.
'Your rooms,' she directed. 'Tell him to drive at once to your rooms.'
He was startled, but he obeyed her without hesitation. A moment later he took his place by her side.