waiting in that room when the Minister comes back

to it.

Margaret.
But how is he to——

Doctor.
How is he to get there? Listen. The front of the house is to the street, and that is guarded day and night. But the back is to the garden, and has a door to the Park, hasn't it?

Margaret.
Well?

Doctor.
Somebody who lives in the house must obtain the key of that door, open it, and unfasten one of the windows. That's what you have to do, Margaret.

Margaret.
[With a faint cry.] I?

Doctor.
[Feverishly.] Hush! Your aunt is in the next room. She is nervous and difficult. But you are not like other women, Margaret. There's nothing to be afraid of either. All you have to do is to come downstairs after the butler has gone to bed, unfasten the catch of the window, unlock the garden door, and then—go back to your room.

Margaret.
[Emphatically.] I'll not do it!

Fritz and Doctor.
You'll not——