12/13 You didn't know that I was instrumental in the arrest of Brooks, did you ?" "Why, no, I never thought of such a thing." "You must keep it to yourself, but I was, and why? Once he suggested to me that he would like to have you take lunch with him. Don't you see what a narrow-minded fellow I am ?" "Narrow-minded!" "Yes, to move the law against a man merely because he had spoken lightly of--of my friend." She was leaning against the door-case and was looking down. Henry glanced at the window, which he called his loop-hole of freedom, for through it no Colossus could be seen. |