Chapter VII

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"Surely she knew you went every day to church," Stransom objected.

"She didn't know what I went for."

"Of me then she never even heard?"

"You'll think I was deceitful. But I didn't need to be!"

He was now on the lower door-step, and his hostess held the door half-closed behind him. Through what remained of the opening he saw her framed face. He made a supreme appeal. "What DID he do to you?"

"It would have come out - SHE would have told you. That fear at my heart - that was my reason!" And she closed the door, shutting him out.