Chapter 15: Just Off the Strand

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌⁠A week had gone by. The Nord Express had brought me posthaste across Europe from Petersburg to Calais, and I was again in London. I had left Elma in the care of the Princess Zurloff, whom I knew would conceal her from the horde of police-agents now in search of her.

The mystery had so increased until now it had become absolutely bewildering. The more I had tried to probe it, the more inexplicable h