CHAPTER XIII
HOW THE BEAR SPENT SUNDAY
SPONLEY was well satisfied with the course events so far had taken. He had got rid of his bank stock quietly and at a good price, with the double advantage to himself of an increased freedom of movement, and a greater supply of ammunition for his operations against Picker- ing. But what pleased him far more was this : he had taken Harriet almost without reserve into his confidence, and she was, as she had been in so many earlier campaigns, his partner. He remembered how she had felt when she had learned of his understanding with Curtin, and he had entertained strong misgivings as to the effect which a revelation of his present schemes would have upon her. But reflecting that, how- ever carefully he might conceal his doings, she was sure to guess at
