“We must blind him still farther and contrive to get his coin. That done, we must get rid of him and bolt for Europe.”
“Get rid of him?”
“Exactly.”
“What do you mean?”
“Listen!” Kate Crandall’s voice took on more vicious accents. “He has turned all of his fortune into cash and has it in a deposit drawer downtown.”
“Well?”
“Providing I will marry him and go with him to live in Europe, he will get the bundle of money from the safety deposit in order to take it with us.”
“Well?” Dacey repeated grimly.
“Here, now, is the point,” Kate went on. “The Carters have us hard pressed, but they do not yet suspect that Sheldon and Cyrus Darling are one and the same.”
“Surely not.”