He drops one thing and turns to another.

The exception is his enmity, savage and cunning, relentless and enduring.
Kitty was awake to one fact.

She could not venture to dig into this affair alone.

On the other hand, she did not want one of the men from the city room--a reporter who would see nothing but news.

If Gregor was only a prisoner publicity might be the cause of his death; and publicity would certainly react hardily against Johnny Two-Hawks.