“Many kinds.”

“A general assortment, eh?”

“You regard them lightly, but I judge that to be like you.”

“Rather.”

“If you do so at this time, Mr. Sibley, you will do wrong.”

“Why so?”

“The perils threatening you cannot be wisely ignored. I am impressed with a conviction that your life is imperiled by——Stop a moment!”

“Well?”

Again Madame Victoria beat her brow, shaking her head violently, apparently striving to get a clear interpretation of her impressions.