She gave him a little friendly gesture and went quietly to a seat
against the wall, where she sat in one of her characteristic attitudes,
her feet crossed, and showing under her short dark blue skirt.
Emile had made her buy this one plain and unnoticeable garment for use
on these occasions.
After she had been in the room a minute, Sobrenski turned from the man
to whom he had been talking in a careful under-tone, and bolted the
door.
"Listen, all of you," he said. "We have received information that this
house will be watched to-night. Whether the spy is one who was
formerly one of us, we do not know--yet. It appears that it is Poleski
who is the suspect. They have some evidence against him that is
dangerous. If he is seen coming in here to-night, they will arrest
him. The next time we will change the place, but for the present all
that can be done is to warn him against coming here. Fortunately he
will be later than usual, because he does not leave the Cafe Colomb
till after midnight. Someone must be sent there to stop him.
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