"I! great heavens! no."
"And never have been?"
"And never have been."
Clifford Heath drew a long, deep breath. For a moment a look of gladness beamed in his eye, then it died out suddenly, as he said, almost gloomily:
"And yet, you have said that he must be saved at all hazards. Knowing his guilt, I still am here in his place."
"In his place, oh," she came toward him with a swift, eager movement, "I begin to see! Doctor Heath, you think Frank Lamotte the guilty one?"
"I know it," grimly.
A look of relief came over her face. She breathed freely.
"You believe this," she said at last, "and yet you are here. If you have evidence against Frank Lamotte, why do you occupy a felon's cell? Why not put him in your place?"
"I have told you why. It was for your sake."