23/27 "Answer me, please, and don't think I'm trying to pry into your affairs. The matter is much more serious than you seem to think." The tone was so sympathetic that St.George looked closer into his antagonist's face, trying to read the cause. I have kept my account there for years," he rejoined simply. "Why do you want to know ?" "Because it has closed its doors--or will in a few hours. It is bankrupt!" There was no malice in his tone, nor any note of triumph. |