\"She did not kill herself,\" said Mme. Storey slowly. \"She was murdered.\"
Again that awful silence. Horror crushed us.
Whittall lost his grip on himself. \"You promised me...you promised me...!\" he cried shakily, \"that you would not tell her...\"
\"We had better not talk about promises,\" said Mme. Storey with a steady look at him.
\"Darius!...you already knew this!\" gasped Fay.
He could make no answer.
Fay turned
\"She did not kill herself,\" said Mme. Storey slowly. \"She was murdered.\"
Again that awful silence. Horror crushed us.
Whittall lost his grip on himself. \"You promised me...you promised me...!\" he cried shakily, \"that you would not tell her...\"
\"We had better not talk about promises,\" said Mme. Storey with a steady look at him.
\"Darius!...you already knew this!\" gasped Fay.
He could make no answer.
Fay turned
