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Ricardo felt his conscience rather heavy within him, for he had

co her as a

erous criminal Even now he could not understand how she

could be innocent of a share in Mht she was And since Hanaud thought so, why, it

was better to say nothing if one was sensitive to gibes So

Ricardo sat and talked with her while Hanaud ran back into the

restaurant It mattered very little, however, what he said, for

Celia's eyes were fixed upon the doorway through which Hanaud had

disappeared And when he came back she was quick to turn the

handle of the door

"Now, mademoiselle, rap you up in M Ricardo's spare

and put you between us,

and then you can go to sleep"

The car sped through the streets of Geneva Celia Harland, with a

little sigh of relief, nestled down between the two men

"If I knew you better," she said to Hanaud, "I should tell you--

what, of course, I do not tell you now--that I feel as if I had a

big Newfoundland dog with me"

"Mlle Celie," said Hanaud, and his voice told her that he was