The Green Jacket (Volume 1917, PT. 2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917. Excerpt: ... Milly's eyes followed them quietly. "Don't be afraid," she said. "Nothing shall happen to you. And perhaps when the case is unlocked the necklace will come back to it." The woman shuddered a little. Her arms dropped to her sides. "I would almost rather never see it again " she whispered. "I am afraid " Milly placed a hand on her arm and held it firmly. "You are not to be afraid. Trust me.... And remember--nothing is to be done that you and I do not both agree to." The look of fear in the woman's face dissolved swiftly. "Oh, if I had only known you before " she cried softly. "If I had known you--she might have been saved " She motioned to a photograph on the table by the window. She was looking at it with moist eyes. Milly reached a hand to it. "When was it taken?" she asked. "Oh--three years ago, perhaps." She stood looking over Milly's shoulder. "I have had it a long time, but I only had it framed the other day--when I came back from seeing her." She was gazing tenderly at the pictured face that seemed to return the look with one of wistfulness. "It is all so different now " murmured the woman. She motioned to the silent hall outside. "Sometimes I think I hear her voice and I start up and hurry to the door before I remember--even now." Milly put down the picture and turned toward the door. "I must go," she said. "We must not talk together too long. The servants will suspect." "They are all at the back of the house," returned the woman. "So much the better." Milly stepped into the wide hall. At one end the sun poured in; at the other the branches of a great elm showed dark against the light. She turned toward the front staircase and went slowly down, passing through the intervening rooms to the sewing-room. The door from the breakfastroom had been closed ...