Spencer?"
"Or that it will come into his possession before they leave the
Rataplan, and be transferred to her here or in the taxi on their way
back to town," he added.
"What if he transferred it to her on their way here?"
"Then she still has it--once she gets it in her possession she won't
part with it, even in her sleep, until she places it in the hands of the
official who sent her to America."
"And Mr. Carpenter was here to watch until you came?"
"Yes--and afterward; you see one of us might be called away. From the
time she and Snodgrass met at the Chateau this morning, they have not
been out of espionage and close espionage. So long as they are in a
taxi, or at the Rataplan, there is no danger of the document getting
away if either of them has it; but until we are certain that they have
it, we won't detain them; we want the document to aid us in running down
the traitor. I'm not at all sure that Snodgrass is aware of the
character of the document. He probably stipulated not to know; he will
be content with a division of the money--and with a chance to spend some
of it on Spencer; which spending she is quite ready to facilitate, as
witness the pleasant understanding they seem to have arrived at during
luncheon.
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