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He moved a step towards her They were on opposite sides of the small round table which stood in the centre of the apartment

"What do you h?" she exclaio, a terrified, broken-down uilt in a man's face, it was in yours You sent for Laverick He pitied you and helped you away At Liverpool they would not let you eht you back here You are their tool But you know very well, Arthur, that it was not Stephen Laverick who killed the man in Crooked Friars' Alley! You know very well that it was not Stephen Laverick!"

"Why the devil should I know anything about it?" he asked fiercely

A note of passion suddenly crept into her voice Her little white hand, with its accusing forefinger, shot out towards him

"Because it was you, Arthur Morrison, who committed that crime," she cried, "and sooner than another o to court myself and tell the truth"

He was, for the moment, absolutely speechless, pale as death, with nervously twitching lips and fingers But there was murder in his eyes

"What do you know about this?" he muttered

"Never h to convince uilty man I would have helped you and shielded you, whatever it cost me, but I will not do so at Stephen Laverick's expense"

"What is Laverick to you?" he growled

"He is nothing to me," she replied, "but the best of friends Even were he less than that, do you suppose that I would let an innocent man suffer?"

Henonsense, Zoe," he said,--"nonsense! Even if there has been soiven my evidence So far as I aain until the trial"

"Then you had better go to theand take back your evidence," she declared boldly, "for if you do not, I shall be there and I shall tell the truth"

"Zoe," he gasped, "don't tryhas upset me I'm ill Can't you see it, Zoe? Look at ht and day I've had the fear--the fear alith ine It's like a terrible ghost, keeping pace with you wherever you go, laying his icy finger upon you whenever you would rest, ht even for a moment Don't you try me too far, Zoe I'm not responsible Laverick isn't the man you think him to be He isn't the man I believed He did have that money--he did, indeed"