"I don't know about that. But she is dangerous enough without argument about it."
"Exactly. We want her caught. And we want you to catch her."
"I imagine that this time, Mr. Cobalt, it will be rather a harder task than it was before."
"Why so?"
"She will be very much more on her guard now than then. And, besides, she knows enough about me to know that now I will most certainly hunt her down."
The railway president was thoughtful a moment, and then he said:
"You see, Carter, the very manner of her escape is a menace to us."
"How is that?" asked the detective. "The first and, therefore, the only information I have had on the subject was that contained in your message, which told me merely that she had escaped. What is there that is particularly interesting about the manner of her escape?"
"Then you have not heard about it, eh?"
"I have just informed you that I have heard nothing."