They moved into the next room and closed the door, and crossed to the door that opened on the stairway.
“And now a last good-bye,” she said.
“No!” he cried. “We shall go down together!”
“You have promised,” she returned.... “Good-bye.”
“Good-bye,” he whispered brokenly.
She bent again to his lips, then stepped out upon the stair-landing. “I surrender!” her clear voice called loudly, steadily. And Drexel, breaking his promise so far as to watch her to the last through the crack of the door, saw the captain appear, and saw her slender, noble figure move calmly toward him down the dead-strewn stairs.
CHAPTER XX
THE SPY
AS SONYA came to the foot of the stairs Drexel saw Captain Nadson start. “God!” he ejaculated joyously. “The woman that tried to kill Berloff!”
He seized her shoulder roughly with his uninjured hand. “I did not think we were going to get that prize, too! Well, my lady, you’ll not escape this time!”
Drexel flared with the desire to rush down and throttle the burly beast. One minute more, and he would be free of his promise to Sonya.