Old Statham drew a quick breath, and his face went ashen, for he saw how he had betrayed himself. Next instant he had recovered from his embarrassment and, bracing himself with an effort, said:
“No—no, of course not. I—I only know what—well, what I’ve been told. I was misled wilfully by my enemies.”
Levi looked straight into his face with a queer expression of disbelief. Statham noticed it, and it unnerved him.
He had inadvertently made confession, and Levi did not credit his denial.
The peril of the situation was complete!
Chapter Ten.
Shows a Woman’s Peril.
Several hours had gone by, hours which Samuel Statham spent, seated in a deep easy-chair near the empty fire grate, reviewing his long and eventful life.