I don't want to seem inquisitive, of course, but ?" "And I don't want to seem secretive," she replied, nervously.
"All I can tell you is that my brother has--has enemies (as you know from the attack on him) and that he doesn't think it is safe for me to go around the grounds alone, late in the day, unarmed.

So he gave me that old pistol of his, and asked me to carry it.

That was why he sent North for Bobby Burns--as a guard for me and for the place here.

When I saw you appearing out of the swamp I--I took you for some one else.
I'm sorry." "I'm not," he made answer.

"I--" "You must have a charming idea of our hospitality," she went on with a nervous little laugh.