"Oh, I understand that," she said.

"You made that quite plain.

Even those people in the wagon understood it, I should imagine." "I hope they did." "I did not know you could be so fierce, Mr.Paine.I had not expected it.

You almost frightened me.

You were so very--well, mild and long-suffering on the other occasions when we met." "I am not always so mild, Miss Colton.