“Joe Locket was in the kitchen, Welling was on the way, Rollison was sitting on the arm of the big chair in which Eve lay back. She was a little better than she had been, not so near breaking down, but her eyes were glassy and she could not keep still, even when Rollison was clasping her hand. “. . . I could understand it more if we hadn’t done exactly what he told us to,” she said. “If you’d tried to follow him, or if you’d told the police—well, it would be understandable, wouldn’t it? If w...e hadn’t carried out our part of the bargain we couldn’t be surprised that they didn’t carry out theirs; but we did everything—at least that’s not on my conscience. If we’d tried to follow them, or if you’d followed me, then I would just blame myself.” Rollison said: “You did everything you could.” “Yes,” she said, and looked up at him, those glassy eyes still touched with beauty, her face pale and yet strangely calm.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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