The shock
of that knowledge, the effect of its revelations upon her, together
with the responsibility of what she should do with this information,
might be just the final forces necessary to make Maggie break away
from all that she had been and swing over to all that he believed she
might be.
Yes, that was the thing to do! And he would do it within the next
twelve hours; for Dick had told him that Maggie was coming out again
to Cedar Crest on the afternoon of the day which was now rousing from
its sleep. That is, he would do it if the police or the allies of his
one-time friends did not locate him before Maggie came. But of that he
had no serious fear; he knew he had made a clean get-away from the
Grantham, and that the shrewd Duchess had left no scent by which those
bloodhounds of the Police Department could trail her.
Larry did not even try to sleep; he knew it would be of no avail. Back
in his own room he sat going over the situation, and his decision. He
tingled with the sense of the tremendous power which had been
delivered into his hands. Yes, tremendous! But what were going to be
Maggie's reactions the moment he told her?--just what would be her
course after she knew the truth?
CHAPTER XXX
Larry undressed, had a bath, shaved, dressed again, and started to
work.
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