"D'Estreicher!" murmured one of the young men recognizing the Russian soldier's cap.
Dorothy recalled with a shudder the prediction she had made to her enemy directly after their meeting at the Château de Roborey. She said in a low voice:
"Yes, d'Estreicher."
"What do they want from him?"
"They want to get the diamonds from him."
"But he hasn't got them."
"No. But they may believe he has them. I suspected that that was what they had in mind. I noticed the savage expression of their faces and the glances they exchanged as they left the ruins by d'Estreicher's orders. They obeyed him in order to prepare the trap into which he has fallen."
Below, the figure only remained suspended from the yard for an instant. They lowered the doll. Then they drew it up again twice; and the woman yelled:
"Will you speak?... The treasure you promised us?... What have you done with it?"
Beside Dorothy, Webster muttered: