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. I suppose you think that because you re alive, he s dead?He laughed. How clever of you! Did it take you long to think that out?She was staring round the room. So this is the abode of love! She turned fiercely upon the lawyer. I neverknew Gwenda  I wish to God I had! If Arthur had only trusted me as he trustedyou! I heard about her suicide, poor kid, when I was on my way to Australiaand flew back from Naples by airplane. Why didn t you wire me? If I had only known  Meister  you re a paltry liar!She went to the door through which the doctor had passed, opened it andlistened.Then she came back to where Meister sat lighting a cigar. Now listen  that Scotch sleuth will be coming back in a minute. Shelowered her voice to an intense whisper. Why don t you go away  out of thecountry  go somewhere you can t be found  take another name? You re a richman  you can afford to give up  this hole!Maurice smiled again. Trying to frighten me out of England, eh? Trying to frighten you! The contempt in her voice would have hurt anotherman. Why, it s like trying to make a nigger black! He ll get you, Meister!That s what I m afraid of.That is what I lie in bed and think about  it sawful& awful& ! My dear little girl  he tried to lay his hand on her cheek, but she drew back  don t worry about me. You! Say, if I could lift my finger to save you from hell I wouldn t! Get outof the country  it s Arthur I want to save, not you! Get away  give him achance that he wants to kill you.Maurice beamed at her. Ah! How ingenious! He dare not come back himself, and he has sent you toEngland to get me on the run!Cora s fine eyes narrowed. If you re killed  you ll be killed here! Here in this room where you brokethe heart of his sister! You fool!He shook his head. Not such a fool, my dear, that I d walk into a trap.Suppose this man is alive:in London I m safe  in the Argentine he d be waiting for me.And if I went toAustralia he d be waiting for me, and if I stepped ashore at Cape Town& No,no, little Cora Ann, you can t catch me.130 She was about to say something when she heard the door open.It was the Scotch sleuth ; whatever warning she had to deliver must remain unspoken. Had your little talk, Cora Ann? asked Lomond, and in spite of her anxietythe girl laughed. Now listen, doctor, only my best friends call me Cora Ann, she protested. And I m the best friend you ever had, said the doctor.Meister was in eager agreement. She doesn t know who her best friends are.I wish you d persuade her.Neither gave him encouragement to continue.He had the uncomfortablefeeling that he was an intruder in his own house, and the arrival of Mary Lenleygave him an excuse to wander to the little office alcove where he was out ofsight but not out of hearing. I like meeting you, Cora Ann, said the doctor.She laughed. You re funny. I ve brought the smile to the widow s eye, said Lomond unsmilingly.She shot a swift sidelong glance at the man. Say, Scottie! That widow stuff  forget it! There are times when I almostwish I was  no, not that  but that Arthur and I had never met.He was instantly sympathetic. Arthur was a bad lad, eh?She sighed. The best in the world  but not the kind of man who ought to have married. There isn t any other kind, said Lomond, and then, with a cautious lookround at Meister:  Were you very much in love with him?She shrugged. Well  I don t know. Don t know? My dear young person, you re old enough to know where yourheart is. It s in my mouth most times, she said, and he shook his head. Ye poor wee devil! Still, you followed him to Australia, my dear? Sure i did.But that kind of honeymoon takes a whole lot of romance out ofmarriage.You don t have to be a doctor to know that.He bent over her. Why don t you drop him, Cora Ann? That heart of yours is going to wearaway from being in your mouth all the time. Forget him? Lomond nodded. Do you think he wants me to forget him?131  I don t know, said Lomond. Is any man worth what you are suffering?Sooner or later he will be caught.The long arm of the law will stretch out andtake him, and the long leg of the law will boot him into prison! You don t say!She looked round to where Meister was sitting by Mary Lenley, and her tonegrew very earnest. See here, Dr.Lomond, if you want to know  my Ringer man is in danger,but I m not scared of the police.Shall I tell you something? Is it fit for me to hear? he asked. That ll worry me! she answered sarcastically. I m going to be frank withyou, doctor [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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