“He has,” was the calm response.
“And I suppose we shall not get another chance at him.”
“Won’t we! I have twice the reason I had before—and I’ll get him, sure! So don’t worry about his escape. Besides, if I have lost you Drexel I have brought you something even more important.”
“More important? What is it?”
“We’ll talk a little business first. I believe that after his children, you are the next heir to Prince Valenko?”
“What are you driving at?”
“I’ll tell you in good time. You are, are you not?”
“You know I am.”
“And I believe you would be quite willing to have these intervening heirs disappear—permanently—provided no blame attached to you?”
The prince’s eyes narrowed, and he tried to read Freeman’s meaning in his face, but that was too blurred a page.