"I don't know. I can't think. I can't do anything. Only that if I'd known—— Oh, for Heaven's sake go away, or I shall say—— Oh, do go!"
"Is there anything else you would like to tell me?"
"No. Yes. I don't know. Only leave me alone now."
"Then I'll come to-morrow."
"No, not to-morrow. The next day. Give me time. I must have time," she cried wildly.
I hesitated. In her present condition it would have been easy to frighten her into admitting everything; but somehow I couldn't bring myself to do it, so I left her.
CHAPTER XV
A NIGHT ATTACK
The success of my bluffing offer to marry the woman prompted some regret that the matter had not been pushed home to the point of obtaining her full confession; and it was to prove one of those disastrous blunders which come from decent motives.