“Then, you did not doubt me.” Glad relief was in his voice.
“I have never doubted you,” she said, simply.
There was silence. Only their breathing and the ticking of Orme’s watch broke the stillness.
“I don’t believe that Alcatrante knew that this place was unventilated,” she remarked at last.
“No; and he didn’t know that you were here.”
“He thinks that you will be released in the morning, and that you will think it wiser to make no charges. What do you suppose his conscience will say when he learns——”
“Girl, I simply can’t believe that there is no hope for us.”
“What possible chance is there?” Her voice was steady. “The clerks must all have gone by this time. We can’t make ourselves heard.”
“Still, I feel as though I should be fighting with the door.”
“You can’t open it.”