The Avenger 6 - the Blood Ring
“One of the two was young, frightened-looking, with shallow blue eyes and a vacuous face—Harold Caine. The other had a face as dead and cold as that of a harvest moon, and eyes like pale agate set in ice.
“I asked you to come here and have a few words with me alone,” said The Avenger, “because your father seems to get upset when I question you in his presence.”
“Why not?” said Harold shakily, angrily. “You as much as say I had something to do with the loss of the Taros relics. Why wouldn...’t he get sore?”
“And you had nothing to do with that loss?” asked Benson quietly.
“Good grief! Certainly not!”
It was the most genuine-sounding denial Benson had ever heard, uttered by a youth who wouldn’t seem to possess the experience and brain power to put on an act before the pale, flaring eyes and awesome, still face.
The Avenger stared at the young fellow.MoreLess
“I asked you to come here and have a few words with me alone,” said The Avenger, “because your father seems to get upset when I question you in his presence.”
“Why not?” said Harold shakily, angrily. “You as much as say I had something to do with the loss of the Taros relics. Why wouldn...’t he get sore?”
“And you had nothing to do with that loss?” asked Benson quietly.
“Good grief! Certainly not!”
It was the most genuine-sounding denial Benson had ever heard, uttered by a youth who wouldn’t seem to possess the experience and brain power to put on an act before the pale, flaring eyes and awesome, still face.
The Avenger stared at the young fellow.MoreLess
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