Afterward running away wouldn't
be necessary. Tom and Madeleine are not entirely to blame."
"The blame for this will be put on you. Mrs. Swink will credit you
with the instigation and carrying out of the whole affair. You
mustn't go with them, Danny. It isn't necessary."
"Maybe it isn't, but I'm going. I can't let a girl of Madeleine's
age leave the house alone at half past three in the morning, and
certainly I cannot let Tom come here for her. We will get to Claxon
at ten o'clock and by that time Mrs. Swink will have finished her
swooning and be working the wires. They'll certainly be held up at
Claxon."
"Then why go there? Why not go on to Shelby?"
I shook my head. "Claxon is the better place. I don't know how it's
going to be managed, but if one couldn't outmanoeuver mother Swink--.
It doesn't matter about my being blamed for helping them. Long usage
has accustomed me to large shares of blame." I held out my hand.
"I'll be back to-morrow night. Come Thursday. I think by then--"
"There are few things you will let me share with you, but the blame
that will come from this I am going to share whether you let me or
not.
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