The scowl disappeared, and the right hand came out of the pocket, without the gun.
“That was it. He always did half hypnotize me, Lynne. I was never really afraid of Carroll, but those deadly cold eyes of his always affected me somehow so that I could not move a muscle.�
“Quite so,� replied the man on the bed ironically.
“Say, are you going to give me a slice off of that fortune of yours?�
“I am—not!â€�
“Then it’s yours for the long, dark journey, Lynne.�
“Nonsense, Mike; and besides, I have followed that trail so near to the end of it so many times that it has become quite familiar. I’m not at all afraid of it. Who is the woman, Mike?�
“What woman? What are you talking about?�
“The woman who induced you to come here.�
“There isn’t any woman.�