"A key, why I have it. In my coat, I think. Here!" And after a moment she handed it to him.
Rowland unlocked and tore open the bag and thrust a hand inside, a terrible expression of dismay upon his face, the first she had ever seen there or perhaps would see again.
"Glad I thought of it," he muttered. "It seemed too easy. Rocks! Stones! It's filled with rubbish."
And taking out a stone, he dropped it with a loud splash into the water.
"I must go back," he muttered, taking up his oars in a moment of indecision. "I must go back."
But instead of doing so at once, he pulled furiously for the pavilion where he found the patient Benz waiting for him.
"Success," he explained. "Fräulein Korasov is here, but the money----
"He has removed it?"
"No. It's in that house. I would take my oath----"
He broke off hurriedly and got out, helping Tanya to the jetty.