17/22 Do you see ?" "Heaven be praised," said John Mark, "that we all have the power of learning new things, now and again. Am I to suppose that Caroline was your teacher ?" He turned from her and faced Caroline Smith, and, though he smiled on her, there was a quality in the smile that shriveled her very soul with fear. No matter what he might say or do this evening to establish himself in the better graces of the girl he was losing, his malice was not dead. That she knew. |