"Then Rita came silently on sandalled feet to stand behind him and look at what he had done" 483
"'You'd better understand, Kelly, that Rita Tevis is as well born as I am'" 491
"She knelt down beside the bed and … said whatever prayer she had in mind" 507
"She was longer over her hair … gathering it and bringing it under discipline" 510
"'Yes,' she said, 'it is really great'" 521
"'I am scared blue. That's why I'm holding on to your hand so desperately'" 531
THE COMMON LAW
CHAPTER I
There was a long, brisk, decisive ring at the door. He continued working. After an interval the bell rang again, briefly, as though the light touch on the electric button had lost its assurance.
"Somebody's confidence has departed," he thought to himself, busy with a lead-weighted string and a stick of soft charcoal wrapped in silver foil. For a few moments he continued working, not inclined to trouble himself to answer the door, but the hesitating timidity of a third appeal amused him, and he walked out into the hallway and opened the door. In the dim light a departing figure turned from the stairway: