12/14 What bargain I make with HIM--is my affair." "Does he suspect the murder ?" "No. I did not think it necessary for his good or mine. He can be an ugly devil if he likes, and although there wasn't much love lost between him and the old man, it wouldn't pay to have any revenge mixed up with business. It was only by accident that, looking after his movements while he was here, I ran across the tracks of the murderer." "But what has kept him from making known his claim to the Saltonstalls? |