CHAPTER XVI
To Find and Free a Wife
Ford spent the rest of that day and all of the night that followed, in
thinking what would be the best and the easiest method of gaining the
point he wished to reach. All along he had been uncomfortably aware of
his matrimonial entanglement and had meant, as soon as he conveniently
could, to try and discover who was his wife, and how best to free
himself and her. He had half expected that she herself would do
something to clear the mystery. She had precipitated the marriage, he
constantly reminded himself, and it was reasonable to expect that she
would do something; though what, Ford could only conjecture.
When he faced Josephine across the breakfast table the next morning, and
caught the shy glance she gave him when Mrs. Kate was not looking, a
plan he had half formed crystallized into a determination. He would not
tell her anything about it until he knew just what he was up against,
and how long it was going to take him to free himself. And since he
could not do anything about it while he rode and planned and gave orders
at the Double Cross, he swallowed his breakfast rather hurriedly and
went out to find Jim Felton.
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