And with a deep look into Rowland's eyes, she passed on and joined the others who following Margot, the old woman whom Rowland had seen in the kitchen, went up the stairs to be shown the rooms they were to occupy. For a moment Rowland and Tanya were alone.
"You think her beautiful?" the girl asked.
"Magnetic, startling--but beautiful--? The beauté du Diable perhaps, but Mademoiselle----"
Tanya moved her expressive fingers.
"She is the most dangerous woman in Europe."
"You alarm me," he grinned. "The only powder a soldier fears is the Poudre de Riz."
She smiled.
"I'm not jesting."
"Nor I. You warn me against her?"
"If you love freedom. She is an agent of the Wilhelmstrasse."