"Hush, dear!" he whispered, laying his hand across her mouth as she kneeled there in front of him with her wild eyes raised appealingly. "There is no need of an oath. You may be sure that I shall do for you everything that lies in my power. I will turn heaven and earth to save you!"
"And if you fail," she continued, her teeth chattering horribly, "what then? When I am released from that place, when my life is shadowed by the most awful curse that could befall a mortal, you swear that you will take me away? That you will not forget the promise that you made long ago?"
If she saw the anguish of his face, it was of small moment to her.
"A promise given is for all time, and under all conditions and circumstances to me!" he answered, huskily. "Let us end this scene, Evelyn. I came here to find out what I was to do to assist you, but it seems that I must work in the dark. I may as well tell you frankly that if this is all you have to say, there is little hope. Is——"
Before the sentence could be completed, the officer entered to announce to them that the hour had arrived for her appearance before the judge.
With what calmness he could assume, Lynde lifted her to her feet.
[CHAPTER XXXIII.]
The little dingy courtroom had never witnessed such a crowd before as the one that packed it from the justice's desk to the door, and even out into the hall and down the dirty steps.
Women, men and even little children, had come to see Miss Evelyn Chandler, of whom they had read in social circles, and many of them seen, under arrest!