” “There is so much I have not told you, John. He did not even care for his own inheritance at this place in Wodeham Water. Some of the meetings are wonderful! Such earnest, beautiful women! Such deepbrowed men!. ’ ‘I don’t want to think it,’ he said, and she thrilled to the savagery in his tone. ” He turned upon her almost fiercely. ” “And made you give up a political meeting,” she reminded him. Her cheeks seemed to burn, her veins ran riot, and her heart was beating so fast that she was sure he must feel it through his scarlet coat. "If we take him, I don't mind giving you a share—say a fourth—provided you lend a helping hand. She propped a pillow against his padded headboard and sat herself into a stiff upright position, legs expertly crossed. Ever hear of the djinn in the bottle? Like enough. We are alone and we can say and do what we please. “Do you mean to say that you have been here ever since I came?” “I am afraid that I must confess it,” he answered. But this calm was more awful than the previous roaring of the blast.