She must wait. She knew that her fortunate moment had passed
when the rogue Burlingame appeared. She must wait for another.
"Shall I go now? You want to see that man outside. Shall I go, Shiel?"
She was very pale, very quiet, steady and gentle.
"I must hear what that fellow has to say. It is business--important,"
he replied. "It may mean anything--everything, or nothing."
As she left the room he had an impulse to call her back, but he conquered
it.
CHAPTER XVI
"'TWAS FOR YOUR PLEASURE YOU CAME HERE, YOU SHALL GO BACK FOR MINE"
For a moment Crozier stood looking at the closed doorway through which
Mona had gone, with a look of repentant affection in his eyes; but as the
thought of his own helpless insolvency and broken hopes flashed across
his mind, a look of dark and harassed reflection shadowed his face. He
turned to the front doorway with a savage gesture. The mutilated dignity
of his manhood, the broken pride of a lifetime, the bitterness in his
heart need not be held in check in dealing with the man who waited to
give him a last thrust of enmity.
He left the house. Burlingame was seated on the stump of a tree which
had been made into a seat. "Come to my room if you have business with
me," Crozier said sharply.
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