Did he say--" "He wasn't able to talk when I saw him.

Pete said Saunders claimed he was shot at the stable, but I know that to be a lie." Miss Georgie spoke with unfeeling exactness.

"That was to save himself in case he got well, I suppose.

I believe the man is going to die, if he hasn't already; he had the look--I've seen them in wrecks, and I know.

He won't talk; he can't.