I have no wish to be burdened with a secret which seems to
spell life or death in capital letters. But show me where your interest
lies, and I promise you that I will be zealous enough! Tell me what to do
and I will do it. My time and my life are yours. Do what you will with
them! Can I say more than that?"
She flashed a wonderful look at me across the table--such a look that my
heart beat, and my pulses flowed to a strange, new music. Her tone was
soft, almost caressing.
"You mean this?"
"Upon my honor I do!" I answered.
"Then take Leslie Guest with you back to your home in the country," she
said. "Keep him with you, keep every one else away from him. In less than
a week he will tell you his secret!"
"I will do it," I answered.
CHAPTER VIII
IN THE TOILS
"This," the nurse said, after a moment's somewhat awkward pause, "is the
doctor--Dr. Kretznow!"
A tall, awkwardly built man, wearing heavy glasses, turned away from the
bedside, and looked at me inquiringly.
"My name is Courage, doctor," I said; "I am an acquaintance of your
patient's.
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