“I don’t know.”
The freshman half-fancied Merriwell was weakening.
“What if you had seen what I saw?” he cried. “Would you not have doubted?”
“No!” said Frank instantly. “Nothing could make me doubt Inza!”
Starbright fell back, breathing heavily.
“She has fooled him completely!” he whispered. “It is my duty to open his eyes, for he loves her. And I—she can never be the same to me again!”
“Why didn’t you speak to them?” asked Frank, having paused to face Dick. “Why didn’t you make yourself known?”
“I couldn’t.”
“Couldn’t?”
“No.”