noon
There had been left behind a case with foreign orders incrusted with several thousand dollars ' worth of gems . Bolsheviki , said the police ; just as they said auto bandits a few years ago when confronted with something they could not understand . The orders had been turned over to the Federal authorities from whom it was learned that they were all royal and demi-royal . Neither of the two guests had returned up to noon , and one had fled , leaving even his hat and coat . But there was nothing to indicate his identity . `` Loot ! '' murmured Kitty .