that we could have a word or two together. What a relief it was to raise our masks!
\"Are you scared, Bella?\" she asked, smiling.
\"You know I am,\" I answered tartly. \"So there's not much use in denying it.\"
There was a telephone in the room. She took down the receiver and listened. \"Dead,\" she told me, hanging up again.
\"Where do you suppose Crider is?\" I asked nervously.
\"Heaven knows!\" she said. \"I couldn't foresee any such outcome as this,
that we could have a word or two together. What a relief it was to raise our masks!
\"Are you scared, Bella?\" she asked, smiling.
\"You know I am,\" I answered tartly. \"So there's not much use in denying it.\"
There was a telephone in the room. She took down the receiver and listened. \"Dead,\" she told me, hanging up again.
\"Where do you suppose Crider is?\" I asked nervously.
\"Heaven knows!\" she said. \"I couldn't foresee any such outcome as this,
