But why had the authorities at the City Hall waited this long before serving the notice?
All at once Trina snapped her fingers, with a quick flash of intelligence.
"It's Marcus that's done it," she cried.
* * * * * It was like a clap of thunder.

McTeague was stunned, stupefied.

He said nothing.

Never in his life had he been so taciturn.

At times he did not seem to hear Trina when she spoke to him, and often she had to shake him by the shoulder to arouse his attention.