Chapter Thirteen
WAR AND PEACE
Crane remained perfectly silent. He did not speak
a word from the time they left Senator Bicknell's
house until they reached home. Annette said nothing
to him. The conviction was deepening in her
mind that her husband had secretly behaved ill to
Senator Bicknell. Crane had revealed unconsciously
that night many things which Senator Bicknell
had not understood, but which Annette understood
only too well. The slight agitation and discomposure
which Crane had shown was not the mere
shock of a grateful surprise. Annette detected
that every word Crane had uttered to Senator Bicknell
was false; that his apparent acceptance of the
offer was false. The money was much—much to
her; the loss of it, after it had been held up to her
gaze, would be much; but the loss of Crane's integ-
