"Colorado."
"Report," wrote the Black Star.
"Lord Sambery and Sir Burton Banks arrived on time and now are at the Branniton house."
"Any new developments?"
"None have been learned. We are watching closely," wrote Number Three.
"I have decided to seize Branniton himself to-night, with the other two, and hold him for ransom," the Black Star wrote. "You will have your squad attend to it, and be sure that they do not fail. The man who prosecuted me must be punished."
"I shall attend to it, and warn the men that they must not fail."
"There have been no changes in transportation means?"
"None whatever."
"That is all. Retire," the Black Star wrote.