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Perhaps, if
he went to her with that?


CHAPTER XXXII
For a week after Anna's escape Herman Klein had sat alone and
brooded. Entirely alone now, for following a stormy scene on his
discovery of Anna's disappearance, Katie had gone too.
"I don't know where she is," she had said, angrily, "and if I did
know I wouldn't tell you. If I was her I'd have the law on you.
Don't you look at that strap. You lay a hand on me and I'll kill
you. If you think I'm afraid of you, you can think again."
"She is my daughter, and not yet of age," Herman said heavily.
"You tell her for me that she comes back, or I go and bring her."
"Yah!" Katie jeered. "You try it! She's got marks on her that'll
jail you." And on his failure to reply her courage mounted. "This
ain't Germany, you know. They know how to treat women over here.
And you ask me" - her voice rose - "and I'll just say that there's
queer comings and goings here with that Rudolph. I've heard him
say some things that'll lock him up good and tight.


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