She had to make him believe more
in her as a pal than ever before; she had to make him want her more as
a woman than ever before. And at this moment she felt herself
thrillingly equal to this vampire role her over-stimulated sense of
justice had commanded her to undertake.
"Things have gone great," she began, speaking concisely, yet trying
not in this eager brevity to lose the convincing effect that she would
be the complete mistress of any enterprise to which she yielded her
interest. "Dick Sherwood proposed to me again, and this time I said
`yes.' I saw that he was ready for anything, so I took some things
into my hands. I had to, for I saw we had to act quick even at the
risk of losing a bit of the maximum figure we had counted on. You see
I realized the danger to us in Larry Brainard suddenly showing up, and
his knowing, as he told us he did, who the sucker is that we've been
stringing along. Anything might happen, any minute, from Larry
Brainard that would upset everything. So I reasoned that we had to
collect quick or run the risk of never getting a nickel."
"Some bean you've got, Maggie," he said admiringly. "Keep your foot on
the gas pedal."
"What I did was only, the carrying-out of the plan you had decided
on--of course carrying it out quicker, and with a few little changes
that the urgent situation demanded.
Pages:
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374