Treats his grandson handsomely into the bargain, eh, Wallie ?" Sylvia felt that her heart would break.

That Garrett Skinner's admission was boldly and cunningly deliberate did not occur to her.

She simply understood that here was the last necessary piece of evidence given to Captain Chayne which would convince him that he had been this afternoon the witness of a robbery and swindle.
She became aware that Chayne was standing beside her.

She did not lift her face, for she feared that it would betray her.

She wished with all her heart that he would just replace his cup upon the tray and go away without a word.