Have you forgotten
that he knew the address, and did not tell it you until
that man had escaped?"
Jim turned to me pleadingly--we were all on our feet.
"Loudon," he said, "you see Mamie has some fancy, and I
must say there's just a sort of a shadow of an excuse;
for it IS bewildering--even to me, Loudon, with my
trained business intelligence. For God's sake clear it
up."
"This serves me right," said I. "I should not have
tried to keep you in the dark; I should have told you
at first that I was pledged to secrecy; I should have
asked you to trust me in the beginning. It is all I
can do now. There is more of the story, but it
concerns none of us, and my tongue is tied. I have
given my word of honour. You must trust me, and try to
forgive me."
"I daresay I am very stupid, Mr. Dodd," began Mamie,
with an alarming sweetness, "but I thought you went
upon this trip as my husband's representative and with
my husband's money? You tell us now that you are
pledged, but I should have thought you were pledged
first of all to James.
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