"That was three months ago. We arranged to go to Spain and do as
she said. She was to sail this morning and I was to follow. Of
course I never intended to go. I congratulated myself on the fact
that all trace of evidence against me was destroyed and that her
grip was now broken. My plan was to induce her to sail, believing
that I would follow. When she was gone I would marry Miss St.
Clair, and if Nina San Croix should return I would defy her and
lock her up as a lunatic. But I was reckoning like an infernal
ass, to imagine for a moment that I could thus hoodwink such a
woman as Nina San Croix.
"To-night I received this." Walcott took the envelope from his
pocket and gave it to Mason. "You saw the effect of it; read it
and you will understand why. I felt the death hand when I saw her
writing on the envelope."
Mason took the paper from the envelope. It was written in Spanish,
and ran:
"Greeting to RICHARD WARREN.
"The great Senor does his little Nina injustice to think she would
go away to Spain and leave him to the beautiful American. She is
not so thoughtless.
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