Chapter 5
A QUESTION OF COURAGE Stella turned towards him with a slight frown upon her forehead. "Do you mean, Norris, then, that after all you will not use your power over these men, that you will let them go free?" "Not if I can help it," he answered, "but there are many things to be considered. I shall be guided largely by what Deane advises." "It is absurd," she declared. "You have wanted money all your life, money and power. You have both now in your grasp. If you do not use them, I shall think--" She hesitated. He shrugged his shoulders slightly. "Go on!" he said. "I shall think that you are a coward," she said quietly. "I shall think that you are afraid to use what I risked--well, a great deal--to win for you." "It isn't a question of courage," he protested. "It is," she answered. "Y
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