Chapter 12 THE PRIME MINISTER IS COMPROMISED

Horrified though he was, Westerham made no sign. He had stood in the presence of death before, and he had faced it in more dreadful forms, though it is true he had never known it so intimately and so poignantly.

"The girl may be the next," the words seemed ominous-like a doom. Troubles encompassed him on every side. An hour or so previously he h