The embassy has conceived the
notion that she may know a great deal about the present whereabouts of
the missing treasure. No one accuses her of duplicity, however. On the
other hand, the man in the case is known to have pro-German
sympathies. She may be loyal to the crown, but there is a decided
doubt as to his loyalty. Of course, we have no means of knowing to
what extent she has confided her plans to him. We do not even know
that she is aware of his presence in this country. To bring the story
to a close, I was instructed to keep close watch on the man O'Dowd.
The ex-attache of the court to whom I referred a moment ago set out to
find the young lady in question. I traced O'Dowd to this place. I was
on the point of reporting to my superiors that he was in no way
associated with the much-sought-after crown-cousin, and that Green
Fancy was as free from taint as the village chapel, when out of a
clear sky and almost under my very nose two men were mysteriously done
away with at the very gates of the place. In fact, so positive was I
that O'Dowd was all right, that I had started for Washington to send
my report back home and wait for instructions. The killing of those
two men changed the aspect completely.
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