“By midnight,” answered Arrelsford, “you shall have all the proof——”
“There is no proof to have,” persisted the girl.
“I will show it to you at the telegraph office, if you dare to go with me.”
“Dare! I will go anywhere, even with you, for that——”
“I will call for you in half an hour then,” said Arrelsford, going toward the door.
“Wait,” interrupted Edith; “what are you going to do?”
“I am going to let him get this paper,” said Arrelsford, coming back to the table. “He will know what they want him to do, and then we’ll see him try to do it.”
“You are going to spy on him, are you?”
“I am going to prove what he is.”
“Then prove it openly at once. It is shameful to let such a suspicion rest upon an honourable man. Let him come in here, and——”