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"You see, I was so young not much over twenty and nobody suspected anything. Nobody in the world knew anything except Judith Sabin, who was in America, and she never knew who Hester's father was and my own people and Richard! Richard taught me how to bear it oh! not in words for he never preached to me but by his life. I couldn't have lived at all but for him.
Sabin said, "that if you do not obey me, I myself can develop a similar disposition. Now answer me this! You have within the last few days supplied several people with that marvelous powder for the preparation of which you are so justly famed." "Several no, monsieur! Two only." "Their names?" The man trembled. "If they should know!" "They will not, Emil. I will see to that."
"I thank you, no," the Prince answered. "I seldom take anything before lunch. Let me beg that you do not disturb yourselves. With your permission I will take this easy-chair. So! That is excellent. We can now talk undisturbed." Mr. Sabin bowed. "You will find me," he said, "an excellent listener." The Prince smiled in an amiable manner.
I have just read his Glasgow speech. If he becomes Premier it will lead to something like a revolution." She sighed. "Brott is a clever man, and a strong man," she said. "I am sorry for him, but I do not believe that he will never become Prime Minister of England." Mr. Sabin sipped his wine thoughtfully.
Would you like a hand at bridge, or a game of billiards? I am wholly at your service until twelve o'clock." Mr. Sabin glanced at the clock. "You are very good," he said, "but I was never much good at indoor games. Golf has been my only relaxation for many years. Besides, I too have an engagement for which I must leave in a very few minutes." "It is very good of you," Mr.
"It shall be a life for a life," she whispered. "If you have killed him you shall die." Lucille looked at them bewildered. And just then came a sharp tap at the box door. No one answered it, but the door was softly opened. Mr. Sabin stood upon the threshold. "Pray, don't let me disturb you," he said. "I was unable to refrain from paying you a brief visit. Why, Prince, Lady Carey!
"Do you mean to turn my head?" he asked her, with a humorous smile. "It would be easier," she answered, "than to touch your heart." Then Lucille looked across at them and Mr. Sabin suddenly remembered that Reginald Brott knew them both only as strangers. "Muriel," she said, "you are behaving disgracefully." "I am doing my best," Lady Carey answered, "to keep you in countenance."
"That I cannot do," he said. "I have saved you from wasting your time on a false scent. I have given you something definite to work upon. Further than that I can do nothing." Passmore looked his disappointment, but he knew Mr. Sabin better than to argue the matter. "You will not even produce that letter at the inquest?" he asked. "Not even that," Mr. Sabin answered. Passmore rose to his feet.
The glass which Felix had been in the act of raising to his lips lay shattered upon the floor, and a little stream of wine trickled across the carpet. Felix himself seemed scarcely conscious of the disaster. His cheeks were white, and he leaned across the table towards Mr. Sabin. "What name did you say what name?" Mr. Sabin referred again to the letter which he held in his hand.
Added to that she is living apart from her husband, and is known to be on bad terms with him." Brott as gripping the back of a chair. He was white to the lips. "You don't think," he cried hoarsely. "You can't believe " "No" the Prince answered quickly, "I don't believe anything of the sort. I will tell you as man to man that I believe she wished Mr. Sabin dead. You yourself should know why.
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