But the
feeling is there; and it has to be reckoned with one day. From this
arises an injustice, that the few papers which are really upright,
honest, and faithful to their own standards, are tainted in the public
mind with the double-dealing of the others. Such as The Patriot."
"You use The Patriot for your purposes," Io pointed out.
"When it stands for what I believe right. I only wish I could trust it."
"Then you _really_ feel that you can't trust Mr. Banneker?"
"Ah; we're back to that!" thought Enderby with uneasiness. Aloud he
said: "It's a very pretty problem whether a writer who shares the
profits of a hypocritical and dishonest policy can maintain his own
professional independence and virtue. I gravely doubt it."
"I don't," said Io, and there was pride in her avowal.
"My dear," said the Judge gravely, "what does it all mean? Are you
letting yourself become interested in Errol Banneker?"
Io raised clear and steady eyes to the concerned regard of her old
friend. "If I ever marry again, I shall marry him."
"You're not going to divorce poor Delavan?" asked the other quickly.
"No. I shall play the game through," was the quiet reply.
For a space Willis Enderby sat thinking. "Does Banneker know your--your
intentions?"
"No.
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