He was sure that it was Miss Woodville and he stepped forward.

He had no intention of following her, but his foot creaked on the floor, and, stopping instantly, she faced about.

Then he saw that she carried a tray of food.
"Are we to have our house occupied and to be spied upon also ?" she asked.
Dick flushed.

Few people had ever spoken to him in such a manner, and it was hard to remember that she was a woman.
"I heard a footstep in the hall, and it was my duty to see who was passing," he said.
"I have prepared food and I am taking it to my father.

He would not accept it from Yankee hands." "Colonel Woodville sups late.