“Then you did not see her?” asked Lieutenant Turpin, the colonel’s aide.
“Oh, yes, sir, for I followed and overtook the coach, and gave her the letter.”
“And was an answer given you, Jack?”
“No letter, sir, only the lady told me to say that her answer was simply:
“‘I will.’”
“Well, I’ll so report to the colonel.”
This the young officer did and Colonel Dunwoody at once sent for Nina de Sutro.
She came to the headquarters and was told the report of the courier, after which the colonel said, without her having to make the request to see the outlaw again:
“Now, Miss Nina, will you be good enough to deliver this answer to the prisoner, who I suppose will understand it, or shall I send word by Lieutenant Turpin?”
“I will go, sir, but may I see the courier, so that I can fully understand the report?”