"Then there's only one thing to do if he agrees, and that is to go with him and bring the property back with you."
Charles groaned. "It may mean the Argentine. Spain's no place for investments these days."
"It's rough on you, old man, but it's the best I can think of," said Graeme.
"And supposing he tells me to go hang?"
"Then," said Graeme, with a shrug, "I don't see that you can help him. I have no personal feeling against him whatever, but I cannot see how you can help him except on some such lines as I've indicated. How does it strike you, Meg?"
But Margaret shook her head. "I feel very much as you do. If he is caught and punished it will only add to Mrs. Pixley's and Charles's trouble, and benefit nobody. But he is very obstinate. He has evidently planned out his future. I doubt if he'll turn from it."
"And you, Hennie?" asked Graeme.
"I think you should help him if you possibly can. It's horrible to think of him hiding there and in fear of being caught—"
"Helping him in any case is against the law—"
"Blood is thicker than water," said Hennie Penny earnestly.