"I think there may be something in it," said Shawe, slowly. "I wonder--"
"You wonder what?"
"If it would not be as well to take the advice of this," and he tapped the envelope as he handed it back to her.
"No!" cried Audrey, her worn face flushing.
"A thousand times no. I shall learn the truth at all costs."
"But if it leads to more sorrow, dear?"
"I don't care what it leads to. To know the worst--whatever the worst may be--is better than this terrible suspense." She looked at the dingy communication dubiously. "I wonder who wrote this?"
"An uneducated person, apparently."
"I don't believe it," declared the girl, quickly. "All that bad spelling and bad writing is intended to mislead."
Shawe shook his head. "How can you be sure of that?"