by Marion Bryce
In the surprise of seeing him, all her presence of mind vanished, leaving her speechless and trembling with agitation.
For his part, David approached her with a confusion as obvious as her own.
“Juliet,” he stammered as soon as they were left alone together, “I know I oughtn’t to have come, but I simply couldn’t keep away.”
“Why oughtn’t you to have come?” was all she could ask foolishly.
“Because I know you can’t want to see me,” said the absurd young man, “though I do think you liked me pretty well before, didn’t you? when Maisie Tarver tied my tongue; or ought to have, I’m afraid I should say. But she had enough sense to drop me when I was arrested. She couldn’t stand a man arrested for murder any more than you or anyone else could?”
He said the last words with an air of shamefaced interrogation.
“Why,” said Juliet, who was being carried off her feet on the top of a rapturous flood, “what nonsense! You were as innocent as I was. What would it matter if you were arrested twenty times!”
“Well, I shouldn’t care to be, myself,” said David, without apparently deriving much satisfaction from such a suggestion. “Once is enough for me. And anyway,” he added inconsequently, “you can’t very well marry a fellow who is first cousin to a man who’s as good as hanged already!”
“Oh, David, David,” cried Juliet; “as if that mattered! But who do you suppose I am—don’t you know that he’s my first cousin just as he is yours?”
“By Jingo,” said David, “I never thought of that, somehow. Then we’re both in the same boat!” And he stepped forward and caught her by the hands.
“Yes, David,” she said, as he drew her to him tenderly, “both in the same boat. And what can be nicer than that?”
THE END
Table of Contents
Cozy Mystery One: The Sword of Damocles
Cozy Mystery Two: Raspberry Jam
Cozy Mystery Three: Mystery of the Gold Bag
Cozy Mystery Four: The Ashiel Mystery
The Sword of Damocles
BOOK I.
TWO MEN.
I. A WANDERER.
II. A DISCUSSION.
III. A MYSTERIOUS SUMMONS.
IV. SEARCHINGS.
V. THE RUBICON.
VI. A HAND CLASP.
VII. MRS. SYLVESTER.
VIII. SHADOWS OF THE PAST.
IX. PAULA.
X. THE BARRED DOOR.
XI. MISS STUYVESANT.
XII. MISS BELINDA MAKES CONDITIONS.
XIII. THE END OF MY LADY’S PICTURE.
BOOK II.
LIFE AND DEATH.
XIV. MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
XV. AN ADVENTURE—OR SOMETHING MORE.
XVI. THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.
XVII. GRAVE AND GAY.
XVIII. IN THE NIGHT WATCHES.
XIX. A DAY AT THE BANK.
XX. THE DREGS IN THE CUP.
XXI. DEPARTURE.
XXII. HOPGOOD.
BOOK III.
THE JAPHA MYSTERY.
XXIII. THE POEM.
XXIV. THE JAPHA MANSION.
XXV. JACQUELINE.
XXVI. A MAN’S JUSTICE AND A WOMAN’S MERCY.
XXVII. THE LONE WATCHER.
XXVIII. SUNSHINE ON THE HILLS.
XXIX. MIST IN THE VALLEY.
BOOK IV.
FROM A TO Z.
XXX. MISS BELINDA PRESENTS MR. SYLVESTER WITH A CHRISTMAS GIFT.
XXXI. A QUESTION.
XXXII. FULL TIDE.
XXXIII. TWO LETTERS.
XXXIV. PAULA MAKES HER CHOICE.
XXXV. THE FALLING OF THE SWORD.
XXXVI. MORNING.
XXXVII. THE OPINION OF A CERTAIN NOTED DETECTIVE.
