"Lucky? Yes, I suppose you might call it luck. Didn't you know how your husband and Mulrennan got that mine?"
She rose, her eyes full of a new wonder and curiosity.
"They leased it. Everything was legally done," she said.
"Oh, yes. Legally——" he paused.
"Go on—go on."
"What is the use?"
"I must know—everything."
"He never told you? I think I know why. Because your code and his are different. The consciences of some men are satisfied if they keep their affairs within the letter of the law. But there's a moral law which has nothing to do with the courts. He didn't tell you because he knew you obeyed a different precept."
"What did he do? Won't you tell me?"
CHAPTER IV