It is too late to prevent that. But it is not too late for you
to fix the guilt where it belongs. And I have every confidence that
you will do it. If I had not," and her voice quavered pitifully, "I
don't know what I should do."
"I will do what I can. Success sometimes comes easily--sometimes one
is forced to fight hard for it. But rest assured that I will do what I
can."
She was going; he held the library door open for her while the
grave-faced Stumph waited in the hall.
"It will, perhaps, be necessary for me to see Mr. Morris sometime
during the course of the day," said Ashton-Kirk, as an afterthought.
"Would it be convenient for you to let him know that I can be seen at
six?"
The fear that his soothing words had driven from her eyes, swept back
into them; he saw her tremble and steady herself against the
door-frame.
"I cannot let him know," she said. "I have not seen him since--since
the time I have mentioned. I have waited, telephoned, sent messages,
even gone in person. But I could not find him. No one seems to know
anything of his whereabouts."
CHAPTER X
ASHTON-KIRK ASKS QUESTIONS
For some time after Miss Vale had gone, Ashton-Kirk stood at one of
the windows and looked down at the sordid, surging, dirty crowd in
the street.
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