“What words?”
“Why, these: ‘If I was sure of it, her life wouldn’t be worth a penny.’”
“Were they still quarreling when you were sent out with Mr. Redway’s watch?”
“No, sir. At least, she seemed to have cooled off considerable.[{28}]”
“When you came in what was Mr. Redway doing?”
“Washing his hands in that stationary basin over there,” said Jack, pointing to a lavatory behind a screen in one corner of the office.
“What did he say?”
“He seemed very much surprised and somewhat confused. I saw Miss Langdon lying on the desk that way, and, remembering the scene between them, I asked:
“‘Why, Mr. Redway, what ails her?’
“He said: ‘Jack, she has met with an awful accident.’