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Rh Blankly Alan turned to the girl. The manner and look of Rose had dropped from her like a cast garment, confessing the truth of Marrophat's assertion. And as if this were not enough, Judith confessed it doubly with a sudden outbreak of characteristic rage.

"You devil!" she cried to Marrophat. "Keep out of my way forever after this, or take the consequences! God knows," she panted, "why I don't kill you as you stand!" The front door slammed behind the girl.

When Alan, the first to recover, gained the sidewalk, she was already in the taxicab. Whatever reward she had promised the man, he whipped his machine away as if from the fear of sudden death. Darting from the house, Marrophat leaped into his own car and tore off in pursuit.