24/27 "I don't know of none this side of Colonel Bates' down below Girard." The judge was lost in thought. He permitted an interval of silence to elapse in which Hicks' glance slid round in a furtive circle. He goes there pretty often on business." "You talked with Mr.Ware before he left ?" Hicks nodded. "Did he speak of Miss Malroy ?" Hicks shook his head. "Did you see her during the afternoon ?" "No--maybe you think these niggers ain't enough to keep a man stirring ?" said Hicks uneasily and with a scowl. |