It
seemed as little a part of her now as the finery of which his gaze
contemptuously reckoned the cost.
"John--" she said, laying her hand on his shoulder.
He looked up wearily. "You had better go to bed," he interjected.
"Don't look at me in that way. I am prepared for your being angry
with me--I made a dreadful mistake and must bear my punishment: any
punishment you choose to inflict. But you must think of yourself
first--you must spare yourself. Why should you be so horribly
unhappy? Don't you see that since Mr. Fleetwood has behaved so well
we are quite safe? And I swear to you I have paid back every penny
of the money."
VI
THREE days later Shackwell was summoned by telephone to the
Governor's office in the Capitol. There had been, in the interval,
no communication between the two men, and the papers had been silent
or non-committal.
In the lobby Shackwell met Fleetwood leaving the building. For a
moment the Attorney-General seemed about to speak; then he nodded
and passed on, leaving to Shackwell the impression of a face more
than ever thrust forward like a weapon.
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