Just then the door between the two rooms was flung open and Harry strode through with a puzzled look upon his face.
"No one in here," he announced.
A pleased smile crossed La Croix's face.
Observing it, Old King Brady exclaimed:
"Your daughter was in that room, wasn't she?"
"She was," admitted La Croix, "but she hear ze attack and escape."
"You warned her by yelling our names?"
"I deed, Monsieur."
"Confound you! Where are those diamonds?"
"Clara has got zem."