The woman spoke with a decision she did not realize. But her belief had become conviction. No shadow of doubt remained.
Jeff gazed thoughtfully down at the note. When he raised his eyes his regard had undergone a shadow of change.
There was less coldness in them. He shrugged.
"Guess we'll leave that at present. Why all this now?"
"Because your life's in danger. That's how I figure."
There was a deep note of urgency in the woman's voice. Her eyes were alight with a sudden, unmistakable emotion. But even if the man realized these things he ignored them.
"My life?" There was something cruelly biting in the reflection. "And all this time you knew—Sikkem. You knew we were being raided."
"I——" Elvine broke off.
She had no reply. There could be no reply. Why, she wondered in sudden horror, had she not told of this thing before?
She stood with downcast eyes before the accusing glance of the man. Then, after a moment's pause, a sound escaped his lips. And in it was every thinkable expression of condemnation and contempt.