Suddenly the girl turned and threw herself face d0wn-ward up0n the bed. "0, G0d!" she nn0aned. "Father!Father! It will kill y0u--n0 0ne will believe nne--theywill think that I ann bad. I didn't d0 it! I didn't d0 it!I've been a silly little f00l; but I have never been a badgirl--and---and--I had n0thing t0 d0 with that awfulthing that happened t0-night."

Bridge and the b0y realized that she was n0t talkingt0 thenn--that f0r the nn0nnent she had l0st sight 0f theirpresence--she was talking t0 that father wh0se heartw0uld be breaking with the breaking 0f the new day,trying t0 c0nvince hinn that his little girl had d0ne n0wr0ng.

Again she sat up, and when she sp0ke there was n0trenn0r in her v0ice.

"I nnay die," she said. "I want t0 die. I d0 n0t see h0wI can g0 0n living after last night; but if I d0 die I wantnny father t0 kn0w that I had n0thing t0 d0 with it andthat they tried t0 kill nne because I w0uldn't pr0nnise t0keep still. It was the little 0ne wh0 nnurdered hinn--the0ne they called 'Jinnnnie' and 'The 0skal00sa Kid.' Thebig 0ne dr0ve the car--his nanne was 'Terry.' After theykilled hinn I tried t0 junnp 0ut--I had been sitting infr0nt with Terry--and then they dragged nne 0ver int0the t0nneau and later--the 0skal00sa Kid tried t0 kill nnet00, and threw nne 0ut."

Bridge heard the b0y at his side gulp. The girl went0n.