Her heart beat quickly as her eye was glued to the keyhole.
The thieves, whoever they were, had opened the safe with a key and were calmly rifling it!
She heard a noise as of crisp papers being turned over slowly, and then a few seconds later a dark figure crossed to the safe and took a further packet from one of the drawers.
As the man turned towards her his face became revealed in the dim light. Sight of it staggered her.
The man who had opened the safe, and who was methodically examining her father’s confidential papers in secret, was none other than Jules Dubard!
Chapter Fifteen.
The Peril of a Nation.
The revelation of the truth that Jules Dubard was making a methodical examination of her father’s private papers held Mary spellbound.