Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 78: what you’re looking at

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70 BOB PEMBERTON IN THE WRONG ROOM. He speaks calmly, deliberately, as one who knows his power. | “My secret—what do you mean ?’’ comes from the figure before him. ‘Vou sail under false colors.’’ “Confusion! how much do you know, Bob Pem- berton ?’’ she whispers, tragically. ‘Vou are Josephine Armitage, the actress,’’ he says, with great deliberation and indifference. ‘““Ah! he knows it, this man who enters my win- dow at midnight, this man who comes to Hawk’s Nest with a mission for her. I am in his power. Stay! you said you hada price—that vou would ' remain silent if I allowed you to depart from here without raising an alarm. Am I right?’? She is almost breathless from excitement now, and it is evident that the strain tells. “‘T promise this—that I will not inform Miss Gypsy of your identity—it must suffice,’’ for he feels safe in doing this, as the young girl already knows all about Josephine. “Tt will do—you can go,’’ she mutters, and opposes no further obstruction to his progress. Bob gets over that window sill with a rapidity that is quite charming to see. He counts himself decidedly lucky to escape her clutches so easily, this plotting woman who seems to hesitate at nothing in order to accomplish her purpose. » Once outside, he knows where he made the mistake that came near costing him so dear, and proceeds to remedy it. - CONNIE OOS. CON fa)