22/39 You must come, or you will kill her. She has heart trouble, and you must not excite her." Elizabeth put the pistol back into its holster and, picking up the bridle again, fastened it in the ring, saying simply, "I will come back." "What do you want ?" she asked abruptly when she returned to the bedroom. "What did you have to get into a temper for, and go off like that without telling me anything about my son? "I thought you didn't want me and I better go." "Well, the next time wait until I send you. What kind of a thing have you got on, anyway? |