“Why, no. It never occurred to me that money had influenced him.”
“There’s another rumor,” said Penny. “I suppose I shouldn’t mention it.”
“I wish you would.”
“I’ve heard it said that your father disposed of the Press because he had been blackmailed.”
“By whom?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea. It was only a rumor.”
“There may be truth in it,” Pauletta replied in a low voice. “You’ve opened my eyes, Miss Parker. I’ve been very blind.”
“Then you think someone may have forced your father to pay money?”
“I don’t know. But Father has acted strangely ever since he gave up the paper. Once a month, on the fourth, he receives a visit from a queer looking man. Always he tries to get me out of the house before the fellow comes.”
“Don’t you know his name?”