"He left no papers with me, and if he had, I would have burnt them up before I would give them to you. Fipher has asked me for them, too, I suppose on your account, you base villain!"
"There, there! don't get excited, madam. You must remember that we are doing our best for you here."
"Indeed! I do not see it. Why don't you set me free?"
"It would not be best for you to be free. Your mind needs rest and quietness."
"I shall be free some day, and then I will have you punished," cried the woman, pointedly.
"What do you mean?" demanded Montague Smith, in alarm.
"Never mind, I shall be free as sure as there is a sky above!"
"Has any one been communicating with you—the servant girl or any one else?"
"I shall not answer that question."
"Yes you will, returned Montague Smith, roughly. "If that girl has been doing outside errands for you I want to know it."
"Mary has done nothing for me," returned Mrs. Bliss, "excepting to treat me better than any of the others ever did."
"But you have heard something in some way," persisted Montague Smith, whose suspicions were now aroused.
