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Kent nodded "Yes Now"

Father Layonne went to the door Even there he seeain to call upon Kent to reconsider Then he opened it and went out

Kent waited i at his bedclothes, seized upon the cloth hich he had wiped his lips, and it suddenly occurred to hi time since it had shown a fresh stain of blood Now that he kneas not a deadly thing, the tightening in his chest was less unco his visitors on his feet Every nerve in his body wanted action, and theof the door after the missioner were drawn out and tedious to hi footsteps, and by the sound of the alone Probably le pere would return with hian

What happened in the next few seconds was somewhat of a shock to him Father Layonne entered first, and then came Inspector Kedsty Kent's eyes shot to the face of the conition in it A , was the reply to Kent's nod and salute Never had he seen Kedsty's face more like the face of an emotionless sphinx But what disturbed him most was the presence of people he had not expected Close behind Kedsty was McDougal, the al entered Constables Felly and Brant, stiffly erect and clearly under orders Cardigan, pale and uneasy, carapher Scarcely had they entered the roo of the Criminal Code of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and Kent was legally under arrest

He had not looked for this He knew, of course, that the process of the Laould take its course, but he had not anticipated this bloodthirsty suddenness He had expected, first of all, to talk with Kedsty as man to man And yet--it was the Law He realized this as his eyes traveled from Kedsty's rock-like face to the expressionless immobility of his old friends, Constables Pelly and Brant If there was syan and Father Layonne And Kent, exultantly hopeful a little while before, felt his heart grow heavy within hiht to repossess himself of the life and freed which he had lost