CHAPTER XVThey closed about her. The sobbing stilled. He looked at Bill Waring across the golden head that was pressed against his shoulder and said in his quiet voice,
‘He’s dead, isn’t he? Did you kill him?’
Bill stood where he was. He had that stunned feeling. It showed in his voice as he said,
‘No—did you?’
Adrian shook his head.
Bill said, ‘Did she?’ And then, with mind and voice waking from their shocked stupor, ‘No—no—it’s not possible!’
Adrian didn’t speak. He felt Lila draw a long trembling breath. He felt her suddenly a dead weight in his arms. If he had not been holding her so closely, she would have fallen. He picked her up and carried her over to the deep couch which stood at an angle to the fire. When he straightened himself after setting her down, it was to find that B
