He felt sure that they would finish sooner and that they would have a closer report of the frauds of all kinds than could be uncovered by the man who had been set on the trail of Dodge to discover just how much of the illicit gains he had taken for himself.
Constance became aware soon that whenever she left the office at night she was being followed.

She had at first studiously repelled the offers of Murray to see her home.

It was not that he had taken advantage of the situation into which she had put herself.

He would never have done that.

Still, she wished a little more time to analyze her own conflicting feelings toward him.