rd. She was decoyed by
Dane. I don't know why, no more than I know what inducement he held out
to lure her away. I searched for hours. Then I asked a policeman about
the matter. He told me to go to Scotland Yard. I went and inquired for
Steel. He had gone home. I have been walking the streets all night,"
said Olga, with a haggard look.

"Oh, great heavens!" moaned the Princess, wringing her hands; "what
would your father say if he heard?"

"He will never know unless you tell him, mother. I can look after myself
easily. No one molested me. I had a cup of coffee at a stall this
morning, and went again to see Steel. He has gone out of town."

"To Rickwell?" asked Giles eagerly; then he remembered. "I can't
understand. I called to see Steel at midday before I came here, and he
was then in his office."

"Well, the official I spoke to about nine o'clock told me that he had
gone, leaving a message that he was going out of town, and would not be
back for a few days."

"I wonder," began Giles, and then held his peace. It occurred to him
that Steel intended to remain until he caught Dane in the trap laid for
him in this very flat. The knowledge that the man had decoyed Anne away
on the previous night made Giles the more eager that he should be
caught. "You will see Anne yet, Princess," he said, for she was crying
bitterly.

"Oh, I hope so--I hope so. But where is she?"

"We must ask Dane that."

"How are we to see Dane?" demanded Olga wonderingly.

Ware explained the use made of Olga's name by Steel to trap the man. "I
expect Steel will call on you to-day to tell you this," he said
cheerfully.

"I am not sorry, and yet I am," said Olga thoughtfully. "I know much
about Mark Dane, and want to save him from his bad companions. But I
hope Steel won't put him in gaol; that would ruin him entirely. Besides,
Steel promised not to have him arrested."

"Promised you?" said Ware, astonished.

"Yes. It was I who told him to look after Dane. I know much about this
matter." Then seeing Giles puzzled, she explained, "When I first met
Anne I saw that she was like myself in looks. That drew us together. You
see it yourself, do you not, Mr. Ware?"

"Yes," replied Giles, "and I often wondered at it. Now, however, that I
know you are half-sisters, I wonder no longer."

Princess Karacsay nodded her approval, and Olga continued.

"When I learned that Anne's name was Denham I rather drew back from her.
She said that she was born in