17/21 There are iron bars to those windows, and the windows are fifteen feet from the ground. The people in this house think you mad--the more you tell them to the contrary the less they will believe you. In New York they have not the slightest clew to your whereabouts. You vanished once before and came back--they will set this down as a similar trick, and not trouble themselves about you. You are mine, Mollie, mine--mine! There is no alternative in the wide earth." Dr.Oleander's face flashed with triumph, his voice rang out exultantly, his form seemed to tower with victory, his eyes flashed like burning coals. |