Perhaps I should say we
are going to discover you stabbed and drowned."
Guy half rose from his seat.
"I say----" he began.
"I need not explain, of course," the Duke continued, "that you will
suffer by proxy. The whole affair has been carefully arranged by the
commissioners of police.
"An account of your doings since you arrived in Paris will be given,
which I fear may not flatter you, but you must remember that it is
necessary to put our German friends completely off the scent, and in a
month's time or so you will reappear, and everything will be
contradicted."
"But my sister?" Guy exclaimed.
"Concerning your sister," the Duke continued, "we have further
explanations, perhaps I should say apologies, to offer you at some
future time. For the present--this only. She is now in Paris. She is to
some extent in our confidence, and you shall see her within the next few
days."
"And what are you going to do with me really?" Guy asked.
"You will remain here. Half the servants of the household have been
dismissed, and every one who is not absolutely trustworthy has been got
rid of. We are in close consultation with your English Cabinet, and the
moment the time arrives for us to disclose our knowledge of these
secrets you will be free to go where you please.
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