"Get her! Of course you'll get her. Unless——"
"Unless what?" asked Dick as the other hesitated.
Romanoff looked at him for some seconds very searchingly; then he sighed.
"Yes, what is it?" persisted Dick, who felt uncomfortable under Romanoff's look.
"I'm wondering."
"Why and at what?"
"If you are a wise man or a fool."
"I'm afraid I don't understand."
"No, but you will presently."
There seemed to be something so ominous in his words that a feeling like fear possessed Dick's heart. He had always felt somewhat uncomfortable in Romanoff's presence, but now the feeling was so intensified that he dreaded what he might mean.