She met his gaze as a child might have done.
"What can I do? I've depended so much upon you. I don't like to ask too much—after this—or ever—— You've been more than kind. I didn't mean to be so helpless—or to wound your feelings, or——"
A knock at the door interrupted, and Tuttle entered the room.
CHAPTER XXVIII
A HELPLESS SITUATION
Confused thus to find himself in the presence of Dorothy as well as
Garrison, Tuttle snatched off his hat and looked about him helplessly.
"How are you, Tuttle?" said Garrison. "Glad to see you. Come back in fifteen minutes, will you? I want your report."
"Fifteen minutes; yes, sir," said Tuttle, and he backed from the place.
"Who was that?" said Dorothy. "Anyone connected with the case?"
"A man that Theodore hired to shadow me," said Garrison. "I took him into camp and now he is shadowing Theodore. Let me ask you one or two questions before he returns. You were ill the morning after I left, and did not go at all to Eighteenth Street."