That’swhatIcameherefor-totellyouthateverythingisallright，afterall。ThePugwilltalk。Maybehewouldn’tifhejusthadhischoicebetweenthatandthequick，painlessendthatabulletwouldbring；buttherearesomethingsthatamancan’tstand。Getme？We’lltryafewofthoseonthePug，and，believeme，beforewe’rethrough，therewon’tbeanysecretswrappedupinhisbosom。“
RhodaGraystoodmotionless。ThankGodithadgrowndark-darkenoughtohidethewhitenessthatsheknewhadcreptoverherface，andthehorrorthathadcreptintohereyes。“Youmean“-hervoicewasverylow-“youmeanyou’regoingtotorturehimintotalking？“
“Sure！“saidDanglar。“Whatdoyouthink！“
“Andafterthat？“
“Webumphimoff，ofcourse，“saidDanglarcallously。“Heknowsallaboutus，don’the？AndIguesswe’llsquareuponwhat’scomingtohim！He’sputthecrimpintousforthelasttime！“