CHAPTER XXXVI. "I HATE YOU!"
To say that Tony was not startled would not be true. Without a moment's warning he found himself in the power of his old enemy—completely in his power, knowing, too, the desperate character of the man, which would let him stick at nothing.
Rudolph enjoyed his evident surprise.
"I've been waiting for this," he said. "It's a great joy to me to have you here in my power."
By this time Tony had collected himself, and had become composed.
"Rudolph," he said, "what makes you hate me so?"
"Haven't you tried to injure me—didn't you get me arrested? Do you forget that night in the old miser's hut?"
"No, I don't forget it, but you forced me to act as I did. But even if I did injure you, you took your revenge."
"When, and how?"