No trouble at all, Seraphina.'
"I had felt the cab round several corners; almost immediately after the
last it stopped. I'm a trifle hazy as to what they did; but finally I
was passed out of the cab like a corpse and carried into a house. There
the wrap was removed from my head; I blinked uncertainly, and looked
around in a bewildered fashion.
"'Where am I?' I gasped.
"The woman replied, 'You're in absolutely no danger, Mrs. Clephane. We
want the package you have for the French Ambassador; when we have it, we
will send you back to your hotel.'
"'What is to be done with the cab?' someone asked.
"'Nothing,' another replied. 'The horse will find his way to his stand;
he's almost there.'
"'But I haven't any package!' I protested.
"'Come, come!' the woman answered briskly. 'You have it about you
somewhere; that was what you were going to the Embassy to deliver?'
"'Who are you?' I demanded.
"'It matters not who we are--we want the package.'
"'The package is not with me,' I remarked. 'It's locked in the hotel
safe.'
"'Will you permit yourself to be searched?' she asked, with an amused
smile. I knew it was a threat.
"'I'm perfectly willing to submit to a search by _you_,' I said. 'The
quicker you set about it, the quicker I'll be released.
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