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Yes, it was the same, the maker's name on the dial,
the space for the monogram on the back, everything.
"How much is this one?"
"One hundred dollars."
He almost dropped it. A hundred dollars! Then he remembered Anna's
story.
"Have you any gold-filled ones that look like this?"
"We do not handle gold-filled cases."
He put it down, and turned to go. Then he stopped.
"Don't sell on the installment plan, either, I suppose?" The sneer
in his voice was clearer than his anxiety. In his mind, he already
knew the answer.
"Sorry. No."
He went out. So he had been right. That young skunk had paid a
hundred dollars for a watch for Anna. To Rudolph it meant but one
thing.
That had been early in January. For some days he kept his own
counsel, thinking, planning, watching. He was jealous of Graham,
but with a calculating jealousy that set him wondering how to turn
his knowledge to his own advantage. And Anna's lack of liberty
comforted him somewhat. He couldn't meet her outside the mill, at
least not without his knowing it.


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