"When other people see so much," he answered, "what can be more
desirable?"
"Well," said Sybil, with tears in her eyes, "I have told you what
Carrissima saw, and naturally she drew her own conclusions."
"What were they?" asked Jimmy, thrusting his hands deep in his jacket
pockets.
"You are bound," Sybil explained, "to take into consideration what had
gone before. Only a few hours earlier Mark told Carrissima that he
hadn't seen Miss Rosser for some weeks. He said he never wished to see
her again. Then in face of that, Carrissima went to Golfney Place, and
there was the woman in his arms."
"Well," cried Jimmy, "we shall hear what Mark has to say about it."
"My dear," said Sybil nervously, "I do hope and trust you won't get me
into trouble. I should never have uttered a word if it were not for
your good."
"Any one would imagine," was the answer, "that I had been wrapped in
cotton-wool all my life. I suppose I should have been if you could
have managed it. Well, I am off to Weymouth Street at once," added
Jimmy.
CHAPTER XXII
INCRIMINATING HIMSELF
Carrissima felt compelled to go to Charteris Street.
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