CHAPTER XXIV
A PERSONAL AFFAIR
"My God!" he said, "it would not surprise me to find him here in the house!... He is here—or you would never wear a face like that!... What do you mean to do, block my way in my own house?" as she confronted him.
"Kurt—" Her white lips merely formed the word.
"Is he here? Answer me!"
"I—he——"
"Answer me!"
Behind them a voice broke in quietly: "I'll answer for us all.... Don't touch that holster, General! I can kill you first.... Now, then, am I to pass that door without violence?... Because I'm going to pass it one way or another——"