"
"No, I will not return there."
"Why not?"
"I dare not. The attack upon me proves that I am under suspicion.
Argetti's friends would not spare me."
"Do his neighbors know his character?"
"No."
"Did he have visitors at the house where I first met you?"
"No."
"Then how do you know he has those confederates?
"They called upon him frequently at his home in New York. They must have
warned him of danger."
"You can return to your late home. Argetti will not return to that
house. I shall take him to New York as a prisoner."
"Then I must disappear at once."
"Will you meet me to-morrow?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"I will meet you to-morrow night."
"In New York?"
"Yes."
"Very well, meet me at ----." Our hero named a place and said he would
walk back with her. She asked to be permitted to proceed alone.
"Very well, I shall remain here until morning to watch my prisoner, but
to-morrow night I will meet you in New York at the place named."
"I will meet you," said the girl.
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