"Then I can't protect you from the police."
"You will tell?"
"No. On second thoughts I shall not tell, but Armour will. And if he does, what is to become of you, Maud?"
She saw her danger and made for the door as though to fly. But Herries brought her back.
"Sit down, sit down," he said soothingly. "Believe me, Maud, that badly as you have treated me, I am still your friend--your only friend."
"And you need a friend," observed Señora Guzman, surveying the girl with coldly critical eyes.
"You cat," cried Maud turning on her viciously, then dropped into a chair with a sob. "Oh, Heavens, was there ever so unfortunate a creature as I am? I've lost my money and my father, and----"
"And your lover."
"Pray be silent, Señora," said Herries, rather disgusted.
"I will not," she retorted fiercely, "why should I be silent, when she tried to take my lover from me? She knew that he was engaged to me, she knew----!"