"
"Yes."
"I will be Argetti and you shall introduce him to me. He will be led to
the little cabin out on the marsh. I have had it fitted up for an
emergency. After you have brought him to me you must be on the watch to
learn if there are others at his back; if there is you must signal me,
if not you must signal me."
"And then?"
The man laughed in a strange, weird manner and said:
"I have a grave under the cabin floor."
The girl's face assumed a very thoughtful expression.
"Well, what now?"
"You may be too rash."
"How?"
"I do not think there is any necessity for putting a body in the grave.
You can play a shrewder game."
"I can?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"Maintain the character of Argetti."
"That depends."
"Upon what?"
"The discoveries I make concerning this man?"
"He appears very harmless, very much of a gentleman. He may not intend
harm. He may not be a foe."
"I would be glad to agree with you, but I have experience. If he were an
American, I would believe as you do, but he is English.
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