And I forgot to use him till it was too late.

With a collie raging at his throat, Hade would have had plenty of trouble in getting away, or even in using his gun.

Lord, but I'm a dunce!" "You're--you're,--splendid!" denied Claire, her eyes soft and shining and her cheeks aglow.

"You faced that pistol without one atom of fear.

And I could see your muscles tensing for a spring, right at him, before the light went out." Gavin Brice's heart hammered mightily against his ribs, at her eager praise.