“I do. I am serious. I have made many sacrifices for that man, and he has treated me brutally.”
“To-morrow you will change your mind.”
“Mr. Carter, my mind is made up. Nothing will make me change it. I possess my father’s nature. You were a friend of his, and you know how bitter he could be against any one for whom he formed a dislike. It is the same way with me.”
“Then you will not hesitate to tell me all you know about Darwin?”
“Has he committed a crime?” asked Dora.
“Do you think he has?”
“I do not know.”
“Neither do I,” asserted Carter, with a smile.
“Then why are you so anxious to get information about him?”
“I can’t tell you.”