"We can't stay here, Tanya," he said at last.
"I know----"
"It means prison or worse for Herr Markov and Frau Nisko. We've got to do something."
"But Madame Rochal----"
He frowned. "I'm thinking of her. She voted as Von Stromberg wished----
"At what a cost!" She hid her face in her hands a moment. "It is horrible to see a soul stripped bare! Poor Zoya!"
He was silent a moment, thinking deeply.
"We must do what is best for the greatest number. If you and I are taken with the money, your work in Germany is finished forever. Don't you see? Our power--our influence, are gone. We must get this money out--some way. If Hochwald has escaped he is probably already on his way to Switzerland. The dossier--the papers you have----"
"I had forgotten----"
"They must go, too----"