But Dale went on, reckless of consequences to herself, though still warily shielding Jack.
"He changed the minute he heard about it.

He was all kindness before that--but afterward--" She shuddered, closing her eyes.

Fleming's face rose before her again, furious, distorted with passion and greed--then, suddenly, quenched of life.
Anderson turned to Miss Cornelia triumphantly.
"She started to find the money--and save Bailey," he explained, building up his theory of the crime.

"But to do it she had to take Fleming into her confidence--and he turned yellow.

Rather than let him get away with it, she--" He made an expressive gesture toward his hip pocket.
Dale trembled, feeling herself already in the toils.