CHAPTER XXXII
BECAUSE it was assumed that some of Karlov's pack might be at large and unsuspectingly return to the trap, Federal agents would remain on guard all night. They explored the house, hunting for chemicals, documents, letters, and addresses. They found enough high explosive to blow up the district. And they found Stefani Gregor. They were standing by the cot as Cutty came in.
"Dead?"
"Yes, sir. Just this minute went out."
"Did he speak?"
"A woman's name."
"Rosa?"
"Yes, sir. Looks to me as if he had been starved to death. Know who he was?"
"Yes. Tell the coroner to be gentle. Once upon a time Stefani Gregor spoke to kings by right of genius."
The thought that he himself might have been the indirect cause of Gregor's death shocked Cutty, who was above all things tender.
He had held back the raid for several days, to serve his own ends. He could have ordered the raid from Washington, and it would have gone through
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