? ? ? ? " 'Why, if it isn't Mr. Phelps, of the office!' she cried.
? ? ? ? " 'Come, come, who did you think we were when you ran away from us?' asked my companion.
? ? ? ? " 'I thought you were the brokers,' said she, 'we have had some trouble with a tradesman.'
? ? ? ? " 'That's not quite good enough.' answered Forbes. 'We have reason to believe that you have taken a paper of importance from the Foreign Office, and that you ran in here to dispose of it. You must come back with us to Scotland Yard to be searched.'
? ? ? ? "It was in vain that she protested and resisted. A four-wheeler was brought, and we all three drove back in it. We had first made an examination of the kitchen, and especially of the kitchen fire, to see whether she might have made away with the papers during the instant that she was alone. There were no signs, however, of any ashes or scraps. When we reached Scotland Yard she was handed over at once to the female searcher.
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