"No. But Herr Renwick will come to Sarajevo," he repeated confidently.
He was still studying the road map and she was silent, thinking. But in a moment he raised his head and shrugged again.
"Of course it is nothing to me. As an English subject he has the protection of his Ambassador. Even if my orders demanded his arrest I should be without power to carry them out."
"It is easier to deal with the credulity of women," she said quietly.
"Countess Strahni, you make it very difficult for me—doubly difficult since I have learned how lightly you hold your promise."
"But confession absolves——"
"With me, perhaps, because I could refuse you nothing, but not with those that have sent me."
"But why should you be uneasy at the possibility of Herr Renwick following to Sarajevo?"
"I do not relish the disturbance of my plans."
She smiled a little at that.