Apprehensively she gazed at him and then back at Bo.
"Explainin' will take time.

An' facts may change your mind.

But if you can't trust me--" "Trust you!" interposed Helen, blankly.

"You mean to take us to Snowdrop ?" "I reckon we'd better go roundabout an' not hit Snowdrop," he replied, shortly.
"Then to Pine--to my uncle--Al Auchincloss?
"Yes, I'm goin' to try hard." Helen caught her breath.

She divined that some peril menaced her.