"Does my great big boy wish three lumps of sugar, after his hard
tasks?"
"He'll die in the flower of immaturity if he has too many sweets
in one day."
He drew out his memorandum book, opening it to a closely-written
page.
"Before the confections, I must hand in my report to the
commanding officer."
"Advance three paces to the front, and hand over the details,"
and she added another lump of sugar, with a mischievous twinkle
in the blue eyes.
"Very well, excellency. We transcribed the addresses of Warren's
gangsters from his note-book, and they have all been arrested. The
men we captured in the earlier skirmishes are all languishing in the
tombs, as accomplices in his crime, as well as for their attempts
against my own life. You will be astonished, Helene, at the
revelations of his operations as shown by his bank-books, a
translation of that diary and some of the letters which I took when
I burglarized his rooms. I have sent a code letter to Phil, advising
him to confess all, and that man's testimony adds to the
corroboration.
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