That is
my commanded duty. You approve, do you not? Or are you like most women,
soft at heart to bold criminals?"
Sheila did not reply at once. The news was no news to her, for Darius
Boland had told her; but she thought it well to let the governor think
he had made a new, sensational statement.
"No," she said at last, looking him calmly in the eyes. "I have no soft
feelings for criminals as criminals, none at all. And there is every
reason why I should be adamant to this man, Dyck Calhoun. But, Lord
Mallow, I would go carefully about this, if I were you. He is a man who
takes no heed of people, high or low, and has no fear of consequences.
Have you thought of the consequences to yourself? Suppose he resists,
what will you do?"
"If he resists I will attack him with due force."
"You mean you will send your military and police to attack him?" The
gibe was covered, but it found the governor's breast. He knew what she
was meaning.
"You would not expect me to do police work, would you? Is that what your
president does? What your great George Washington does? Does he make
the state arrests with his own hand?"
"I have no doubt he would if the circumstances were such as to warrant
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