/0/3290/coverbig.jpg?v=ef0f4897628e17a1fb0e5b5eb6992ddd)
AN hour later she felt as if she had known Smitherton for a long while and could rely upon him. Then he lighted a cigar and said slowly: "I have taken all this time and said nothing useful. I did it deliberately-because what comes next will sound so cruel that I wouldn't say it if the reason wasn't sufficient. I'm going to hurt you-but only as the