I'm sorry I spoke to your father as I did. I pitied him,
and I thought you'd find scope for your talents in the business. It's a
big game, but I see now it isn't yours, Carnac."
He nodded, smiling. "That's it; that's it, I hate the whole thing."
She shook hands. As his hand enclosed her long slim fingers, he felt he
wished never to let them go, they were so thrilling; but he did, for the
thought of Luzanne came to his mind.
"Good-bye, Junia, and don't forget that John Grier's firm is the foe of
the Belloc business," he said satirically.
She laughed, and went down the hill quickly, and as she went Carnac
thought he had never seen so graceful a figure.
"What an evil Fate sent Luzanne my way!" he said.
Two days later there came an ugly incident on the river. There was a
collision between a gang of John Grier's and Belloc's men and one of
Grier's men was killed. At the inquest, it was found that the man met his
death by his own fault, having first attacked a Belloc man and injured
him. The Belloc man showed the injury to the jury, and he was acquitted.
Carnac watched the case closely, and instructed his lawyer to contend
that the general attack was first made by Belloc's men, which was true;
but the jury decided that this did not affect the individual case, and
that the John Grier man met his death by his own fault.
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