Even yet,
he was quite without appreciation of the attorney's feeling in
reference to the conduct of the case.
"Why?" he questioned, sharply.
"Because," the lawyer said, again halting directly before the
desk, "in spite of all the evidence against her, I am not sure
that Mary Turner is guilty--far from it, in fact!"
Gilder uttered an ejaculation of contempt, but Demarest went on
resolutely.
"Anyhow," he explained, "the girl wants to see you, and I wish to
urge you to grant her an interview."
Gilder flared at this suggestion, and scowled wrathfully on the
lawyer, who, perhaps with professional prudence, had turned away
in his rapid pacing of the room.
"What's the use?" Gilder stormed. A latent hardness revealed
itself at the prospect of such a visitation. And along with this
hardness came another singular revelation of the nature of the
man. For there was consternation in his voice, as he continued
in vehement expostulation against the idea. If there was
harshness in his attitude there was, too, a fugitive suggestion
of tenderness alarmed over the prospect of undergoing such an
interview with a woman.
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