CHAPTER XXIX.
THE BACK TRAIL.
All this time the carriage which had carried Opal and Carter to the house had waited for the girl just around the nearest corner.
When Opal emerged from the place no excitement was noticed about her.
She walked as gayly as if she had not sent a man to his doom, and when she stepped into the carriage there was a smile on her lips.
She knew what she had done, and the secret was hers.
The vehicle went straight to the Lamont mansion, and the girl dismissed it at the door.
She entered the house and passed directly to her room on one of the upper floors, where she changed her gown; then she descended to the library, where she had left her father.
She found him in the same position at the desk as if he had not stirred since her departure.
He met her eye the moment she entered the room, and she came forward, saying nothing.
“I’m glad to see you back, Opal. Did you get rid of that man?”