"You are like children," she said softly, "and you let me read your minds."
She bowed her head in long thought.
Then: "Didn't we pass the sign of the British consul down the street over that little building?"
"Yes," said McTee, wondering, and again she was lost in thought.
Then she raised her head and stepped close to them with that smile, half whimsical and half sad.
"I'm going to ask you to let me be alone for a time—for a long time. It will be sunset in five hours. Will you let me have that long to do some hard thinking? And will you promise me during that time that you will not fly at each other's throats the moment you are out of my sight? For what I will have to say at sunset I know will make a great deal of difference in your attitude to each other."
"I'll promise," said Harrigan suddenly. "I've waited so long—I can stand five hours more."
"I'll promise," said McTee; but he scowled upon the floor.
CHAPTER 39
They left her and walked from the hotel. At the door Harrigan turned fiercely upon the Scotchman.