"
"But you and your friends searched the town from one end to the other,
and you did not find her."
"True, but for all that I am satisfied that you know where she is.
Suppose we call it off, and that you tell me where she is."
"If I knew, I would not tell you," said Shan Rhue, his voice intense
with hatred.
"What do you mean? Are you such a coward that you will punish a woman
for your spite against a man? I did not think that of you. I believe
Stella Fosdick was carried off by you, of your men, acting under your
instructions."
Shan Rhue's only reply was a sneering laugh.
"If I discover that what I say is true," said Ted, in a low voice so
full of purpose that it was in itself a warning, "you will be the
sorriest man in all this country. I will make you suffer by it even as
you have caused suffering to others."
"So you have suffered, eh? That is good! Now I am a little better
satisfied. But my debt to you is not yet paid. There are other things in
store for you."
"What do you mean, you dog? By Heaven, I know now that you did cause her
abduction, and I shall find her.
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