suppose you can do nothing for him really? He must stay in theTower?"
Ralph threw out his hands, silently, expostulating.
"Nothing?" she said again, bending over her work.
Ralph stood up, looking down at her, but made no answer.
"I—I would do anything," she said deliberately, "anything, I think, for the man—" and then broke off abruptly.
* * * * *
Ralph went away from Chelsea that afternoon with a whirling head and dancing heart. She had said no more than that, but he knew what she had meant, and knew, too that she would not have said as much to anyone to whom she was indifferent. Of course, it was hopeless to think of bringing about More's release, but he could at least pretend to try, and Ralph was aware that to chivalrous souls a pathetic failure often appeals more than an excellent success.
Folks turned to look after him more than once as he strode home.
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