"
"Name it," Monsieur Bardow declared.
"You must not leave this building till the paper is out. At any moment we
may require information from one of you! You shall be made as comfortable
as possible! Do you agree?"
"Of course," we all answered. "In fact," Guest remarked, "I fancy this is
the safest place for us for a few hours."
Staunton looked at us all a little curiously.
"I suppose," he remarked, "you know the risk you have been running?"
"Our friends have reminded us," I answered.
An attendant came in, and Staunton handed us over to him.
"Show this lady and these gentlemen into the strangers' room," he
ordered. "See that they have food and wine, and anything they require."
We left at once. In the passage we passed a little crowd of hurrying
journalists on their way to answer Staunton's summons. In every room the
alarm bell had sounded, and the making-up of the paper was stopped!
CHAPTER XXXIX
WORKING _THE ORACLE_
We had food and wine, plenty of it, and very excellently served. The room
in which we were imprisoned was more than comfortable--it was luxurious.
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