The Secret Adversary

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"It is I--Kramenin! Bring down the girl at once! There is no time to
lose!"

Whittington had come down the steps. He uttered an exclamation of
astonishment at seeing the other.

"You! What's up? Surely you know the plan----"

Kramenin interrupted him, using the words that have created many
unnecessary panics:

"We have been betrayed! Plans must be abandoned. We must save our own
skins. The girl! And at once! It's our only chance."

Whittington hesitated, but for hardly a moment.

"You have orders--from HIM?"