CHAPTER X.
"Well, what did you think of Dr.Ledsmar ?" The girl's abrupt question came as a relief to Theron.

They were walking along in a darkness so nearly complete that he could see next to nothing of his companion.

For some reason, this seemed to suggest a sort of impropriety.

He had listened to the footsteps of the man ahead--whom he guessed to be a servant--and pictured him as intent upon getting up early next morning to tell everybody that the Methodist minister had stolen into the Catholic church at night to walk home with Miss Madden.
That was going to be very awkward--yes, worse than awkward! It might mean ruin itself.

She had mentioned aloud that she had matters to talk over with him: that of course implied confidences, and the man might put heaven only knew what construction on that.