As it is--where's the letter ?" "On the table in your studio, sir," said Jason, mechanically.
Jimmie Dale started toward the stairs--then turned and came back to where Jason, still shaking his head heavily, had been gazing anxiously after his master.

Jimmie Dale laid his hand on the old man's shoulder.
"Jason," he said kindly, with a swift change of mood, "you've been a long time in the family--first with father, and now with me.

You'd do a good deal for me, wouldn't you ?" "I'd do anything in the world for you, Master Jim," said the old man earnestly.
"Well, then, remember this," said Jimmie Dale slowly, looking into the other's eyes, "remember this--keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
It's my fault.

I should have warned you long ago, but I never dreamed that she would ever come here herself.

There have been times when it was practically a matter of life and death to me to know who that woman is that you saw to-night.