As Jimmie had arranged his scenario, it was Picard
who was to deal him his death sentence.
Her husband seemed so entirely to depend on what Picard might say that
Jeanne decided, should the verdict be unfavorable, she had best be at
his side. But, as this would have upset Jimmie's plan, he argued against
it. Should the news be bad, he pointed out, for her to receive it in her
own home would be much easier for both. Jeanne felt she had been
rebuffed, but that, if Jimmie did not want her with him, she no longer
was in a position to insist.
So she contented herself with driving him to the train and, before those
who knew them at the station, kissing him good-by.
Afterward, that she had done so comforted her greatly.
"I'll be praying for you, Jimmie," she whispered. "And, as soon as you
know, you'll--"
So upset was Jimmie by the kiss, and by the knowledge that he was saying
farewell for the last time, that he nearly exposed his purpose.
"I want the last thing I say to you," he stammered, "to be this: that
whatever you do will be right.
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