"She bore evidence of the shock and loss she had sustained; aside from that she was quite as she has always been." "Well, what do you want to see Hicks for?
What do you expect to learn from him ?" "I don't like his insistence on the idea that Miss Malroy is mentally unbalanced.

It's a question of some delicacy--the law, sir, fully recognizes that.

It seems to me he is overanxious to account for her disappearance in a manner that can compromise no one." Here they were interrupted by the opening of the door, and big Steve admitted Carrington and the two men of whom the sheriff had spoken.
"A shocking condition of affairs, Mr.Carrington!" said the judge by way of greeting.
"Yes," said Carrington shortly.
"You left these parts some time ago, I believe ?" continued the judge.
"The day before Norton was shot.

I had started home for Kentucky.
I heard of his death when I reached Randolph on the second bluff," explained Carrington, from whose cheeks the weather-beaten bloom had faded.

He rested his hand on the edge of the desk and turned to the men who had followed him into the room.