26/28 "Where are they? "You have not got them ?" "Got them ?" And then she straightened herself, and with a passionate glance at the door, "No! And he has not come in time to take me in the act, it seems. As I have no doubt you planned, you villain! That I might be more and deeper in his power!" "No! No!" he cried, recoiling. "I never thought of it!" "Yes, yes!" she retorted. How was he to make her understand? |