"
"What do you mean?" Miss Hart asked sharply.
"Oh, there was nothing actually criminal, I suppose, but he is believed
to have withheld some securities which would have helped satisfy his
creditors, when bankruptcy was imminent," Dundee explained. "Have you
seen him since then--January it was, I believe?"
"January?" Miss Hart appeared to need time for reflection. "Oh, yes! He
sent in his card on the 'first night' of my show that opened in
January.... It was a flop--lasted only five weeks.... We chatted of the
Forsyte girls who are now in Hamilton, most of whom I went to school
with or have met at the Easter plays."
"Do you know where Mr. Crain is now?" Dundee asked. "I have a message
for him from Penny--if you should happen to see him again----"
"Why _should_ I see him again?" Miss Hart shrugged. "And I haven't the
least idea where he is living or what he is doing now.... Of course, if
he should come to see me backstage after 'Temptation' opens--What is the
message from Penny?"
"That her mother wants him to come home," Dundee answered. "And I am
very sure Penny wants him back, too.... The mother is one of the
sweetest, gentlest, most tragic women I have ever met--and you have seen
Penny for yourself.... The disgrace has been very hard on them.
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