“'Look here, you fool!' the man who was posing as my uncle broke in then. 'You're in this too deep to get out now. If you know what's good for you, you'll do as you're told!'
“Jimmie, I shall never forget Travers' face. It seemed to have changed from white to gray, and there was horror in his eyes: and then he seemed to lose all control of himself, shaking his fists in their faces, cursing them in utter abandon.
“'I'm bad!' he cried. 'I've gone everything, everything but the limit—everything but murder. I stop there! I'll have no more to do with this. I'm through! You—you pulled me into this, and—and I didn't know!'
“'Well, you know now!' the third man sneered. 'What are you going to do about it?'
“'I'm going to see that no harm comes to Marie LaSalle,' Travers answered in a dull way.
“The other man now was on his feet—and, I do not know quite how to express it, Jimmie, he seemed ominously quiet in both his voice and his movements.
“'You'd better think that over again, Travers!' he said. 'Do you mean it?'
“'I mean it,' Travers said. 'I mean it—God help me!'
“'You may well add that!' returned the other, with an ugly laugh. He reached out his hand toward the telephone on the table. 'Do you know what will happen to you if I telephone a certain number and say that you have turned—traitor?'
“'I'll have to take my chances,' Travers replied doggedly. 'I'm through!'