53/75 I warned you that he was capable of anything. "He called me away to Allahabad to be bear-leader to Abercromby, and the brute has just shown me the door, to-day, openly saying that his daughter has gone to the Hills. I believe that he lies! I know that he does! If you had deigned to trust me, I would have followed on her track to hell itself, but you chose to play the woman--the catlike toying with men! Damn him! I owe him one now! If he had openly entertained me in this brilliant visit, I might have re-entered the staff service--in a week. And, you threw all my experience away in not trusting to me." Alixe Delavigne looked up, with one piercing glance, as she sealed a note. |