"It's pretty bad." "Well," Tom looked up now, with an almost tremulous smile, "I believe that is about all I can make of it.

Do you think it's the part of your best friend to expose you?
It seems to me that if there ever was a time when I ought to stand by you, it's now." There was a silence while they looked at each other across the desk in the faint light.

Tom's eye fell again as Crailey opened his lips.
"And in spite of everything," Crailey said breathlessly, "you mean that you won't tell ?" "How could I, Crailey ?" said Tom Vanrevel as he turned away..