nd instantly cried aloud, in a voice that warned me I should make nothing by pressing my suspicions at this time and in this place, “I lured the young lady from her home and I brought her here. If it is a criminal act I shall have to answer for it. We all run such risks now and then.”
To me, with my superior knowledge of all the mysteries which lay behind this pitiful tragedy, her meaning was evident. Women Phone Whether she had received payment sufficient for the punishment Men Vests & Tanks possibly awaiting her, or whether she had been frightened into assuming the responsibility of another, she was evidently resolved to sustain her role of abductress to the end.
The look she gave me at the completion of her words intensified this conviction, and not feeling sufficiently sure of my duty to dispute her at the present time, I took advantage of her determination, and outwardly, Męskie Vans Stripes LP Slip if not inwardly, accepted her confession as true.
I therefore retreated from her side, and being anxious to avoid the coroner, who was likely to enter at any minute, I confined myself to asking a few leading questions, which being answered in a manner seemingly frank, I professed myself satisfied with the result, and hastily withdrew.
Chapter 26
A Feline Touch.
Thou hast not half Men Parka & Duffle Coats the power to do me harm,
as I have to be hurt.
OTHELLO.
The tumult in my Vans Tops Men mind and heart were great, but Męskie Vans LXVI Variable my task was not yet completed, and till it was I could neither stop to analyze my emotions nor measure the depths of darkness into which I had been plunged by an occurrence as threatening to my peace as it was pitiful to my heart. Mrs. Pollard was to be again, interviewed, and to that formidable duty every thing bowed, even my need of rest and the demand which my whole body made for refreshment.
It was eight o’clock when I stood for the second time that day at her door; and, contrary to my expectations, I found as little difficulty in entering as I had before. Indeed, the servant was even more affable and obliging than he had been in the afternoon, and persisted in showing me into Vans Sneakers Men a small room off the parlor, now empty of guests, and Men Skinny Jeans going at once for Mrs. Pollard.
“She will see you, sir, I am sure,” was his last remark as he went out of the door, “for, though she is so very tired, she told me if Vans Bottoms Men you called to ask you to wait.”
I looked around on the somewhat desolate scene that presented itself, and doubtingly shook my head. This seeming submission on the part of a woman so indomitable as she, meant something. Either she Converse American Flag was thoroughly frightened or else she meditated some treachery. In either case I needed all my self-command. Happily, the scene I had just quitted was yet vividly impressed upon my mind, and while it remained so, I felt as strong and unassailable as I had once felt weak and at the mercy of my fears.
I did not have to wait long. Almost immediately upon the servant’s call, Mrs. Pollard entered the room and stood before me. Her first glance told me all. She was frightened.
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