Chapter-9 He leaned down across the counter until his mouth was near her ear and hissed, in a very creditable imitation of the stage villains who appeared infrequently at the Athenaeum Hall: Fear not, fair lady! Your guilty secret is safe with me!

He leaned down across the counter until his mouth was near her ear and hissed, in a very creditable imitation of the stage villains who appeared infrequently at the Athenaeum Hall: Fear not, fair lady! Your guilty secret is safe with me!