CHAPTER VIII

IN THE STUDY (_Friday, July 13; 2 p. m._) I had often seen Vance in crucial moments of violent disagreement with Markham’s judgment, but, whatever his feelings had been, he had always assumed a cynical and nonchalant attitude. Now, however, no lightness or playfulness marked his manner. He was grim and serious: a deep frown had settled on his forehead, and a look of baffled exasperation had come into his cold gray eyes. He compressed his lips tightly and crammed his hands deep into his coat po…