I said nothing because for so long I knew I was only a child, and a child's judgment might be worth so little.

But through all those years I was learning things and gathering evidence.

When I was at school, first in one country and then another, I used to tell myself that I was growing up and preparing myself to do a particular thing--to go to rescue Rosy." "I used to guess you thought of her in a way of your own," Vanderpoel said, "but I did not guess you were thinking that much.

You were always a solid, loyal little thing, and there was business capacity in your keeping your scheme to yourself.

Let us look the matter in the face.
Suppose she does not need rescuing.