Chapter 57

"I'm sure of that, Doctor Chase." Jo's tone held a thrill of genuine appreciation in it, such as he had never heard from her before. "But--I don't quite see how you can feel you robbed him, when you couldn't possibly know how he felt about it." "Couldn't I?" He let a long minute intervene, as if he were trying to decide something of moment. Then, with a deep sigh, as if he were making the ultimate sacrifice of that which had been supremely his, his pride, he said quietly but firmly: "As a matter of fact, Miss Jenne…