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? ? ? ? Frank looked with some surprise at the woman who was looking through the slide of his door. He had expected to see Nathan Graves. She also regarded him with interest.
? ? ? ? "I have brought you some supper," she said.
? ? ? ? Frank reached out and drew in a small waiter, containing a cup of tea and a plate of toast.
? ? ? ? "Thank you," he said. "Where is the man who brought me here?"
? ? ? ? "He has gone out."
? ? ? ? "Do you know why he keeps me here in confinement?"
? ? ? ? "No," said the woman, hastily. "I know nothing. I see much, but I know nothing."
? ? ? ? "Are many prisoners brought here as I have been?" asked our hero, in spite of the woman's refusal to speak.
? ? ? ? "No."
? ? ? ? "I can't understand what object they can have in detaining me. If I were rich, I might guess, but I am poor.
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