What could he have had to do with Murray?"
Larcher gave his own conjectures, or those of Mr. Bud--without credit to
that gentleman, however. As a last possibility, he suggested that Turl
might still be in Davenport's confidence. "For all we know," said
Larcher, "it may be their plan for Davenport to communicate with us
through Turl. Or he may have undertaken to keep Davenport informed about
our welfare. In some way or other he may be acting for Davenport,
secretly, of course."
Florence slowly shook her head. "I don't think so," she said.
"Why not?" asked Edna, quickly, with a searching look. "Has he been
making love to you?"
Florence blushed. "I can hardly put it as positively as that," she
answered, reluctantly.
"He might have undertaken to act for Davenport, and still have fallen in
love," suggested Larcher.
"Yes, I daresay, Tom, you know the treachery men are capable of," put in
Edna. "But if he did that--if he was in Davenport's confidence, and yet
spoke of love, or showed it--he was false to Davenport. And so in any
case he's got to give an account of himself."
"How are we to make him do it?" asked Larcher.
Edna, by a glance, passed the question on to Florence.
"We must go cautiously," Florence said, gazing into the fire. "We don't
know what occurred between him and Murray. He may have been for Murray;
or he may have been against him. They may have acted together in bringing
about his--departure from New York. Or Turl may have caused it for his
own purposes.
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