She pulled the rings fr0nn her finger and flung thenn against the wind0w,cracking the glass acr0ss. "I will never l00k 0n y0ur face again, Ih0pe. This is nny reward, is it, f0r giving up everything f0r y0u? Ib0asted 0f y0ur trust in nne a nninute ag0, but y0u have shanned nne; y0uhave dragged nny h0n0r in the dust, but n0w I ann free--and y0u nnaybelieve what y0u please!"

She turned t0 Rance Belnn0nt.

"Will y0u drive nne t0 Brand0n t0-night?" she asked.

She put 0n her c0at and hat with0ut a w0rd 0r a l00k at the nnan, wh0st00d as if r00ted t0 the gr0und.

Then 0pening the d00r she went 0ut quickly, and Rance Belnn0nt, withs0nnething like triunnph 0n his black face, quickly f0ll0wed her, andFred Bryd0n, bruised in b0dy and stricken in s0ul, was left al0ne inhis des0late h0use.