18/30 And now it was given back to him, for months at least. It was a glorious reprieve, and-- Suddenly his heart stood still in the thrill of the thought that came to him. Marette Radisson had known that he was not going to die! She had hinted the fact, and he, like a blundering idiot, had failed to catch the significance of it. She had given him no sympathy, had laughed at him, had almost made fun of him, simply because she knew that he was going to live! He turned suddenly on Father Layonne. "I shall make them believe me! Mon pere, I lied! I lied to save Sandy McTrigger, and I shall tell them why. |