"He's stupid." "He was startled.

And so was I after he told me.

It's a search party.
They are out looking for a man.

Willie's soft heart's enlisted in the cause." Renouard repeated: "Looking for a man." He sat down suddenly as if on purpose to stare.

"Did Willie come to you to borrow the lantern," he asked sarcastically, and got up again for no apparent reason.
"What lantern ?" snapped the puzzled Editor, and his face darkened with suspicion.