" He made up his mind quickly, however.
"Go in there, Walter," he said, seizing me quickly and pushing me
into my room. "I want you to wait there and watch her carefully."
I slipped the gun into my pocket and went, just as a knock at the
door told me she was outside.
Kennedy opened the door, disclosing a very excited young woman.
"Oh, Professor Kennedy," she cried, all in one breath, with much
emotion, "I'm so glad I found you in. I can't tell you. Oh--my
jewels! They have been stolen--and my husband must not know of it.
Help me to recover them--please!"
She had not paused, but had gone on in a wild, voluble
explanation.
"Just a moment, my dear young lady," interrupted Craig, finding at
last a chance to get a word in edgewise. "Do you see that table--
and all those papers? Really, I can't take your case. I am too
busy as it is even to take the cases of many of my own clients."
"But, please, Professor Kennedy--please!" she begged. "Help me. It
means--oh, I can't tell you how much it means to me!"
She had come close to him and had laid her warm, little soft hand
on his, in ardent entreaty.
From my hiding place in my room, I could not help seeing that she
was using every charm of her sex and personality to lure him on,
as she clung confidingly to him. Craig was very much embarrassed,
and I could not help a smile at his discomfiture.
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