114/197 I'll be quiet." "I'll give you nothing." She was hot, angry, and full of distrust. "This house is not for such as you. It's a farmer's lodging; honest men, who'd stare and go mad to see a feller like you about. Go along, I tell you, or I'll call Jim. He'll know what to do with you." "Then, he'll know mor'n I do myself," mumbled the detective, with a crushed and discouraged air. |