"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 010 - Hands in the Dark" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

"Don't worry about that. There'll be plenty. I've got plenty of money, Betty. I'll take care of the trip."

The girl shook her head.

"I wouldn't want you to do that, Bob -"

"It's all right with me, Betty."

"Perhaps, later. After things are more settled. I'd rather stay here right now, Bob. That is, if you want me
to -"

"Of course I want you here! Didn't I tell you so last night?"

Betty nodded.

"All right," said Bob. "That settles it!"

Hodgson entered.

"Gentleman to see you, sir," he said to Bob.

"What's his name?" asked Bob.
"He didn't tell me, sir."

"Well, I'll see him, anyway. Take him in the study."

"All right, sir."

Betty looked at Hodgson as the man spoke. She observed a strange expression on the old servant's face.


He was staring at Bob Galvin as though his dim eyes were trying to see the young man's face more
closely.

The old servant turned and left the room.

"I'll be back later," declared Bob as he left for the study.

Betty remained in the candle-lighted room. Theodore Galvin had always liked candlelight. The dining
room had never been equipped with electric lights. Even in the other parts of the house, modern
illumination was sparse.

The gloom was oppressive to Betty; but it was not because of the flickering candles alone. She was really
disappointed in Bob Galvin, although she had tried to deny that fact.

Bob had greeted her upon her arrival in New York; but there had been something forced about his
manner. Somehow, she did not trust him.

Yet, when he had spoken over the telephone the night before, the sincerity of his voice had been