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 The imminence of the enterprise, which excited the others, terrified her. She had learned the plan.

She looked at me but did not speak to me; she said to my guard, "You may leave Lieutenant Carrick with me."

"I'm to put him with Lieutenant Logan," the man replied.

"Who told you?" she demanded.

"Mr. Donley; he said it was Mr. Bane's orders."

"That must have been before I saw Mr. Bane; he's just been here with me. You may leave Lieutenant Carrick with me."

If she failed to convince, she succeeded in confusing him.

At best, her situation with regard to Bane must have puzzled the mechanics and pilots quartered across the lake. It was none too plain to the pilots in the house. Kvery one knew that Bane craved her praise and approval; everyone knew she had certain influence with him. So the man modified his original intentions and let me accompany her into the library.