CHAPTER TWENTY.
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE Mr.Gilmore, having yielded once again to temptation, found himself at Marshall Langham's door.

He asked for the lawyer, but was informed he was not at home, a fact of which Mr.Gilmore was perfectly well aware, since he had parted from him not twenty minutes before at the court-house steps.

Mrs.Langham was at home, however, and at this welcome information the gambler, smiling, strode into the hall.
From the parlor, Evelyn heard his voice.

She had found him amusing in the first days of their acquaintance, and possibly she might again find him diverting, but this afternoon he had chosen ill for his call.

She was quite sure she detested him.