CHAPTER XIVMORE SHOCKS
The day passed slowly, and, for a change, without event. The only incident of note was the arrival of an urgent message, brought in by one of Lucien’s friends, and collected by Raoul at the old mill by the river. The girls took the message and despatched it forthwith by carrier pigeon. They took the opportunity of explaining in detail to the boys the position in which they were placed by von Brandisch’s latest design—the installation of the microphone. This, it was agreed, had done no harm. Lucien congratulated Worrals on finding it, for which they all had cause to be thankful; as he pointed out, had it not been discovered they would by that time all be behind prison bars. “The lesson should make us doubly careful,” he said seriously.
“What about Lowenhardt’s cloth
