Madeline quickly followed the first blow with a second.
"Now, be careful what you say," she went on. "If you lie, it will be the worse for you. You know that you committed perjury, and that you are liable to a long period of imprisonment; but if you tell the truth, I will be very merciful."
"Has he been blabbing?" he gasped, trembling in every limb.
"Don't trouble to ask questions," she said. "Your business is to answer them."
Then he began to pluck up courage. "Nobody can prove nothing," he said, insolently.
"There you are making a mistake," she answered. "It may be difficult to prove that you received money, but there will be no difficulty in proving that you committed perjury."
"You mean that I'll get all the blame and he'll go scot free."
"Exactly. The case against you is as clear as daylight."
"Who said so?"
"I say so."