”I know Eleanor engaged you those months ago to watch me. If you took this information to her, it would likely garner you credit with her at my expense. I know you have considered it; I am asking why you did not do it.”
“Eleanor Guthrie used that chair not just to vanquish her enemies, but to create new ones. Because some people can only understand themselves through the eyes of those who hate them; they thrive only on sowing the seeds of their own eventual destruction.
Miss Guthrie has new clothes now.
Miss Guthrie has new friends now.
But to my eye, she looks the s a m e .”
“You think I will o u t l a s t her here, so you would cast your lot with me and not her?”
“Something like that, yes, ma'am.”

















