"What do you mean? What trap?"
"I wanted to get you to come out of here."
"You knew that I was here then?"
"Rather! I knew that you were watching us fish up the case; and I knew for certain what would happen after that. Believing that this case, found at the bottom of the pool under your very eyes, contained the medal, and seeing moreover that Raoul had gone and I was alone at the Manor, you wouldn't be able to come. But you have come."
He stuttered:
"The g-g-gold medal.... It isn't in this case then?"
"No. It's empty."
"And Raoul?... Raoul?... You're expecting him?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"