"
John Gilman sat very still for a long time, then he raised tired,
disappointed eyes to Linda's face.
"Linda," he said, "do you mean you think Eileen was not straight
about money matters?"
"John," said Linda quietly, "I think it is time for the truth
about Eileen between you and me. If you want me to answer that
question candidly, I'll answer it."
?"I want the truth," said John Gilman gravely.
"Well," said Linda, "I never knew Eileen to be honest about
anything in all her life unless the truth served her better than
an evasion. Her hair was not honest color and it was not honest
curl. Her eyebrows were not so dark as she made them. Her
cheeks and lips were not so red, her forehead and throat were not
so white, her form was not so perfect. Her friends were selected
because they could serve her. As long as you were poor and
struggling, Marian was welcome to you. When you won a great case
and became prosperous and fame came rapidly, Eileen took you. I
believe what I told you a minute ago: I think she has gone for
good. I think she went because she had not been fair and she
would not be forced to face the fact before you and me and the
president of the Consolidated today. I think you will have to
take your heart home tonight and I think that before the night is
over you will realize what Marian felt when she knew that in
addition to having been able to take you from her, Eileen was not
a woman who would make you happy.
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