The suspicious glimmer in his faded eyes had become the concentration of a curiosity almost apprehensive.
"Go on," he said; "what else ?" "What do you mean ?" "You have been saying several things--about doctors whom I have set to watch you--for a year or more." "Do you deny it ?" she retorted angrily.
"No--no, I do not deny anything.

But--who are these doctors--whom you have noticed ?" "I don't know who they are," she replied impatiently.

"I've seen them often enough--following me on the street, or in public places--watching me.

They are everywhere--you have them well paid, evidently; I suppose you can afford it.

But you are wasting your time." "You think so ?" "Yes!" she cried in a sudden violence that startled him, "you are wasting your time! And so am I--talking to you--enduring your personal affronts and brutal sneers.