"I--I wanted to tell you yesterday--all the way coming down here. I
felt that I could live the deceit no longer. I do not blame you, Mr.
Craig, for you are a man, and you had every reason to believe that you
were doing nothing really wrong. I wanted to learn all I could before
I confessed my identity, and--and I wanted to discover just what you
were like."

"You mean whether I could be trusted?"

"Yes; I--I could not tell at first. We met so strangely, and merely
because I liked you from the beginning was not enough. You understand?"

"Yes, and now?"

She looked at me frankly.

"Now I am simply going to trust you fully. I must; there is no other
way. I thought it all over and over again last night, and determined
to confess everything as soon as we met this morning. I am Viola
Henley, Mr. Craig, and I need you."




CHAPTER XV

THE DECISION

I had had time to think, swiftly to be sure, yet clearly enough.