"It would be worth a good deal," I thought, then, and a large expenditure of money to people in high position to get her back to that country?" "Usual" was the word which came to Christopher's lips, but he pressed it back.
"Yes," Michael admitted. "Much money must have been spent already in tracking her with the most skilled detectives at the disposal of her enemies, otherwise they would never have succeeded as they have in spite of all our precautions."
"You think, then, that they would have preferred to let her live?"
"I think they wished us for the time to believe her dead, a time long enough for them to go far away with her. But they would hope to gain much by questioning her, when they had her safely back again in that land where anything may be done in the name of the law."
"Then, I don't believe they will risk traveling by train," said Christopher.
My motor for a short distance, perhaps, but not far. You see, they would be anxious to get her out of Italy and France before you could do anything to stop them. Knowing nothing of us and our cur, they might calculate on a few hours before you could possibly follow. Doesn't it occur to you that a yacht would suit their purpose better than anything else?"
Michael half sprang up in his seat beside Christopher, who was driving.
"A yacht!" he echoed. "You are right. They would have a yacht. It would be." 