"The reasonable thing for her to do would be to come forward and tell the plain truth."
Pendleton roused himself.
"But don't you see that that is the very thing that her brave nature will not do? She's protecting Morris; and she'll go on protecting him, no matter what the consequence to herself."
"In that event," said the investigator slowly, "we can not be in too great a hurry in removing the cause that keeps Morris in hiding."
"You'll have a task in that," said Pendleton. "As far as I can see, the man is up to his eyes in the crime; and that's why he is lying low."
"I have warned you before now against jumping at conclusions," said the other, quietly. "Allan Morris may be a confederate of Locke's, or he may not. We have yet to establish the fact either way. And now, pardon me while I take a plunge and get into something presentable."
CHAPTER XIX
THE TWO REPORTS
After dinner the two young men settled themselves in the library: Stumph served their coffee and they renewed their acquaintance with the Greek tobacco. After a little time there came a knock upon the door.