We see very few people and you have not been very neighborly, now confess." "I have not been, and to my sorrow and loss.

If any man had told me that I should have been just five weeks to a day within a few hours' ride of my friend Cameron, not to speak of his charming wife, without visiting him, well I should have--well, no matter--to my joy I am here to-night.
But I can't stay this trip.

We are rather hard worked just now, to tell the truth." "Hard worked ?" she asked.
"Yes.

Patrol work rather heavy.

But I must stop Cameron in his hospitable design," he added, as he passed out of the door.
It was a full half hour before the men returned, to find supper spread and Mandy waiting.