"Who? I? Why am I concerned? I've got nothing to do with it!"
"No, of course not, except as Stephens and Jarrott's lawyer. When their representative in New York—"
"Oh, but my dear girl, my duties don't involve me in anything of this kind. I'm the legal adviser to the firm, but I've nothing to do with the private affairs of their employees."
"Mr. Jarrott is very fond of Mr. Strange—"
"Perhaps this will cool his affection."
"I don't think it will as long as Evie insists on marrying him. I'm sure they mean to stand by him."
"They won't be able to stand by him long, if the law gives him—what it meant to give him before."
"Oh, but you don't think there's any danger of that?"
"I don't know about it," he said, shaking his head, ominously. "The fact that he comes back and gives himself up isn't an argument in favor of his innocence. There's generally remorse behind that dodge."
"Then isn't that all the more reason why we should help him?"