“Yes! Get her right away, and I will employ special detectives and have the matter cleared up, if ever it can be. But if she remains here I fear that nothing can save her from the horror of an arrest, even if afterwards we are able to save her. You yourself risk much, Brott. The only question that remains is, will you do it?”

“At her bidding—yes!” Brott declared.

“Wait here,” the Prince answered.

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CHAPTER XXXIX

Saxe Leinitzer returned to the morning-room, and taking the key from his pocket unlocked the door. Inside Lucille was pale with fury.

“What! I am a prisoner, then!” she exclaimed. “How dare you lock me in? This is not your house. Let me pass! I am tired of all this stupid espionage.”

The Prince stood with his back to the door.

“It is for your own sake, Lucille. The house is watched.”

She sank into a low chair, trembling. The Prince had all the appearance of a man himself seriously disturbed.