“And State papers of great importance be stolen,” I added.
“Yes, yes,” he replied, with the troubled look again in his face. “In this instance, I am very much afraid a traitor has crept into the camp. Although I doubt if the papers can be recovered, and if they are, the secret they contain will be known, I deem it highly necessary that the traitor should be detected, and I rely upon you bringing him to light.”
“I will do my best, count, though it is probable I may fail. Now I presume that it goes without saying that the person who has carried off these State papers must be directly or indirectly interested in Russia, or else some one in your household has been corrupted by Russian agents?”
“No doubt that is so. Russia has her spies everywhere. And it is a question now, Mr. Donovan, what
