Chapter 64

"Mademoiselle," answered Drummond gravely, "I propose to be far more original than that. To do your--er--father--well, we won't press that point--to do Carl justice, his attempts were most original. You were not, of course, present on the evening at Maybrick Hall, when that exceedingly unpleasant Russian came to an untimely end. But for the arrival of the Black Gang, I fear that I should have been the victim--and Phyllis. However, let me assure you that I have no intention whatever of doing you any harm. But I…