"For the present," he replied after a pause, and then he nodded good-by.
"What did he mean?" she asked her husband, as they threaded the crowded street leading to the North Side bridge.
"That they will hold me to the Grand Jury, I suppose."
Her hand which clasped his arm tightened involuntarily at the words, and they continued their way silently to the old Ohio Street house.
CHAPTER XXXII
When they entered the house, Helen hurried upstairs to the child, who had been calling for her, Mrs. Hart said. Presently the doctor came for his evening visit, and when, after a long time, he left the sickroom, Jackson met him in the hall, but lacked the courage to ask any question. The doctor spoke bruskly about the bad weather, and hurried off. Then Hart walked to and fro in the gloomy dining-room until his mother came down for dinner, which they ate in silence.
Before they had finished their meal the bell rang, and in reply to the maid's excuses at the door there sounded in the hall a strong woman's voice.
"But I must see them!"
Jackson, recognizing Venetia Phillips's voice, stepped into the hall.