there are others who share her knowledge. All this and more, the girl may know. And if she does know, I
can make her tell."
McCann said, cynically: "Yeah?"
Ricori asked: "How?"
I answered grimly: "By using the same trap in which the doll-maker caught me."
For a full minute Ricori considered me, gravely.
"Dr. Lowell," he said, "for the last time I yield my judgment to yours in this matter. I think you are wrong.
I know that I was wrong when I did not kill the witch that day I met her. I believe that every moment this
girl is permitted to remain alive is a moment laden with danger for us all. Nevertheless, I yield-for this
last time."