Chapter 71

She turned away afraid, guessing the man he meant. Since that moment of her resistance and hope of escape she seemed to have become more subdued than ever, falling deeper under his demon spell. She did not venture to oppose or question more. Mabuse’s enterprise with regard to Wenk developed slowly. But steadily and surely the net around him was tightening.... * * * * * Wenk was in Munich again. George had been imprisoned there, and he played the rôle of a deaf mute. No one had heard a word f…