"Oh, I don't know what you mean. I think you had better come up here at once—if it is safe to leave Ben."
"I shall make it safe. Don't forget to send down my man."
He hung up the receiver and turned to Arsdale. The latter must have noticed instantly the change in Donaldson's expression, for he rose to his elbow with eager face.
"You'll tell me before you go! You'll tell before—"
"You didn't kill," answered Donaldson.
"Thank God!"
"She is n't even wounded seriously."
"She knows that it was I?"
"Yes. She knows."
"How she must hate me, gentle Elaine."