VIII[ToC]
KATE'S INTERROGATION
Kate, waiting impatiently in her turn, met him at the door. "Well, did you see her? What did she say?" Her voice rose in excitement, for she perceived unusual gravity in the lines of his face.
"Your 'far country' lies on the borders of hell," he replied, with disconcerting succinctness. "Yes, I saw her—or, rather, the ruin of her."
She recoiled before this tone. "What do you mean?"
He shook himself free of his coat. "She has descended swiftly. She now lends herself to the shallowest, basest trickery."
"I don't believe it. What has happened to make you so bitter?"