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A heavy footstep sounded outside, and Baron von Eckhardt came coolly and unconcernedly into the room.
"My servants," he explained. "I told you that they were devoted to my interests, and when they heard those shots fired they came to see what was wrong. It was well that I was on the first landing, because otherwise there might have been trouble. Then I explained to them as far as I thought it necessary, and they go back again. There is no fear in that direction."