“YouhelpedhertogetawayfromRoughRorkelastnight，“hesaidgently。“Well，sodidI。IamveryanxioustofindtheWhiteMoll，and，asIknowofnootherwayexceptthroughyou，Ihavegottomakeyoubelieveinme，ifIcan。Listen，mydearlady-anddon’tlookatmesosuspiciously。IhavealreadyadmittedthatIhavetakenlibertieswiththelaw。LetmeaddnowthatlastnighttherewasalittlefortuneofquiteafewthousanddollarsthatIhadalreadymadeupmymindwasasgoodasinmypocket。Iwasonmywaytogetit-thenewspaperwillalreadyhavegivenyouthedetails-whenIfoundthatIhadbeenforestalledbytheyounglady，who，thepaperssay，isknownastheWhiteMoll。“Hesmiledwhimsically。“Eventhoughonemightbeaslickcrookasyousuggest，itisnoreasonwhyheshouldfailinhisdutytohimself-asagentleman。Whatothercoursewasopentome？Idiscoveredaverycharmingyoungladyinthegripofahulkingpolicebrute。
Shealso，apparently，tooklibertieswiththelaw。Therewasabondbetweenus。I-er-tookituponmyselftodowhatIcould。
And，besides，IwasnotinsensibletothefactthatIwasunderacertainobligationtoher，quixoticasitmaysound，inviewofthefactthatwewereevidentlycompetitorsafterthesamegame。
Yousee，ifshehadnotforestalledmeandbeencaughtherself，Ishouldmostcertainlyhavewalkedintothetrapthatourfriendofheadquartershadprepared。I-er-asIsay，didwhatIcould。
Shegotaway；butsomehowRoughRorkelaterdiscoveredherhereinthisroom，Iunderstandthathewasnothappyovertheresult；that，thankstoyou，sheescapedagain，andhasnotbeenheardofsince。