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Andyoucantakeyourchoicebetweenabulletandastraightanswer。
WhereistheWhiteMoll？“
RhodaGray’shandfeltOutalongthewallforsupport。Wasthisadream，someghastly，soul-terrifyingnightmare！Danglar！Thoseworkinglips！Thatcallousviciousness，thatleerinthedegenerateface。Itseemedtobringaweaknesstoherlimbs，andseektorobherofthestrengthtostand。Shecouldnotevenhopeagainsthope；
sheknewthatDanglarwasindeadlyearnest。Danglarwouldnothavetheslightestcompunction，letalonehesitation，incarryingouthisthreat。Terrifiednow，hereyessoughttheAdventurer。Didn’ttheAdventurerknowDanglarassheknewhim，didn’therealizethattherewasdeadlyearnestnessbehindDanglar’swords？Wasthemanmad，thathestoodthereutterlyunmoved，asthoughhehadnoconsiderationonearthotherthanthosecarefullymanicuredfingernailsofhis！
AndthenDanglarspokeagain。
“DoyounoticeanythingspecialaboutthisgunI’mholdingonyou？“
hedemanded，inlowmenace。
TheAdventurerdidnotevenlookup。
“Oh，yes，“hesaidindifferently。“Ifancyyougotitoutofadimenovel，didn’tyou？Oneofthosesilencerthings。“
“Yes，“saidDanglargrimly；“oneofthosesilencerthings。Whereisshe？“
TheAdventurermadenoanswer。
ThecolorinDanglar’sfacedeepened。
“I’llmakethingsevenalittleplainertoyou，“hesaidwithbrutalcoolness。“Therearetwomeninourorganizationfromwhomitisabsolutelyimpossiblethatthatleakcouldhavecome。ThosetwomenfollowedyoufromPerlmer’sofficetothisplace。Theyareinthenextroomnowwaitingformetogetthroughwithyou，andreadyforanythingiftheyareneeded。Buttheywon’tbeneeded。That’snotthewayitworksout。Thisgunwon’tmakemuchnoise，anditisn’tlikelytoarousetheinmatesofthisdive，butevenifitdoes，itdoesn’tmatterverymuch-wearen’tgoingoutbythefrontdoor。Thetwoofthem，theminutetheyheartheshot，slipinhere，andlockthedoor-youseeit’sgotagood，huskyboltonit-andthenwebeatitbythefireescapethatrunspastthatwindowthere。
Gettheidea？Anddon’tkidyourselfintothinkingthatIamtakinganyriskwiththeconsequencesonaccountofthecoronerhavinggotbusybecauseamanwasfoundheredeadonthefloor。NickyVinerstandsforthat。Itisn’tthefirsttimehe’sbeensuspectedofmurder。See？Nickywaseasy。He’dcrawlonhishandsandkneesfromtheBatterytoHarlemanytimeifyouheldalittlemoneyinfrontofhisnose。He’sbeenfooleduptotheeyeswithafaked-upmessagethathe’stodeliversecretlytosomefaked-upcrooksoutWest。He’sjustaboutstartingawayonthetrainnow。Andthat’swherethepolicenabhim-runningawayfromthemurderhe’spulledinhisroomhereto-night。LookskindofbadforNickyViner-eh？
Weshouldworry！Itcostahundreddollarsandhisticket。Cheap，wasn’tit？Iguessyou’reworththatmuchtous。“
AdullhorrorseizeduponRhodaGray。Itseemedtoclogandconfusehermind。Shefoughtitfrantically，strivingtothink，andtothinkclearly。EverydetailseemedtohavebeenplannedwithSatanicforesightandingenuity，andyet-andyet-Yes，inonelittlething，Danglarha
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