FOOTNOTE:
[A] "Kreml" is literally Kremlin, one of the places of detention in Moscow.
CHAPTER XVI
THE BOOK OF ALL-POWER
Malcolm was the first to hear the sound of wheels on the roadway, and the party listened in silence till a low whistle sounded and their host darted out of the room.
"What was that?" asked Malinkoff. "Somebody has come to the front door."
A few minutes later Petroff staggered through the doorway, carrying the limp figure of Irene. It was Malcolm who took the girl in his arms and laid her upon the sofa.
"She is not dead," said a voice behind him.