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“Youareafoolishperson，“shesaidcalmly。“Youaresofoolishthatyouarenot，inallprobability，intheslightestdegreedangerous。Believeme，oursisanunequalduel。Thereisabelluponthistablewhichhasapparentlyescapedyournotice。Isitwithmyfingeruponthebutton-so。Ihaveonlytopressit，andtheservantswillbehere。Idonotwishtopressit。Idonotdesirethatyoushouldbe，asyoucertainlywouldbe，banishedfromthishouse。“
Hewasimmenselypuzzled。Shehadnotresentedhisstrangeintrusion。Shehadacceptedit，indeed，withcuriousequanimity。
Herforefingerlingeredstilloverthelittleivoryknobofthebellattachedtoherdesk。Heshruggedhisshoulders。
“Youhavetheadvantageofme，“headmitted，alittlecurtly。“Allthesame，IthinkIcouldpossessmyselfofthosesheetsofpaper，youknow，beforethebellwasanswered。“
“Woulditbewise，Iwonder，then，toensuretheirsafety？“sheaskedcoolly。
Herfingerpressedthebell。Hetookaquickstepforward。Sheheldoutherhand。
“Stop！“sheordered。“Thesesheetswilltellyounothingwhichyoudonotknowalreadyunlessyouareafool。Nevermindthebell。
Thatismyaffair。Iamsendingyouaway。“
Heleanedalittletowardsher。
“Itwouldn’tbepossibletobribeyou，Isuppose？“
Sheshookherhead。
“Iwonderyouhaven’ttriedthatbefore。No，itwouldnot-notwithmoney，thatistosay。“
“You’lltellMr。Fentolin，Ipresume？“heaskedquickly。
“Ihavenothingtotellhim，“shereplied。“Nothinghashappened。
Richards，“shewenton，asaservantenteredtheroom，“Mr。HamelislookingforMissFentolin。Willyouseeifyoucanfindher？“
Theman’sexpressionwasfullofpoliteregret。
“MissFentolinwentovertoLeghWoodsearlythismorning，sir，“
heannounced。“SheisstayingtolunchwithLadySaxthorpe。“
Hamelstoodquitestillforamoment。Thenheturnedtothewindow。
InthefardistancehecouldcatchaglimpseoftheTower。Mr。
Fentolin’schairhaddisappearedfromthewalk。
“Iamsorry，“hesaid。“Imusthavemadeamistake。Iwillhurryback。“
Thereweremorequestionswhichhewaslongingtoask，butthecoldnegativenessofhermannerchilledhim。Shesatwithherfingerspoisedoverthekeys，waitingforhisdeparture。Heturnedandlefttheroom。
Mr。Fentolin，hiscarriagedrawnupclosetothebeach，waspaintingsteadilywhenHamelstoodoncemorebyhisside。Hiseyesmovedonlyfromtheseatothecanvas。Heneverturnedhishead。
“Soyourwooinghasnotprospered，myyoungfriend，“heremarkedgently。“Iams
