"Why?"
"Because Herr Hauptmann Goritz is dead."
"Dead? What assurances can I have that this is the truth?"
"You have only to look at the foot of the cliff below."
The two men consulted for a moment and then Herr Windt's voice was heard. "Is Countess Strahni there?"
"Yes—and quite safe."
"And who are you?"
"My name is Hugh Renwick, Herr Windt——"
"Renwick—the Englishman——" he heard him gasp.
"Precisely. And if you're going to take this gate, you'd better be in a hurry about it—for the Russians are approaching."