Knight waited for more, but none came.

Whatever the thought behind the warning that he had just uttered it was evident that Rufus had no intention of giving it expression.

He had uttered the girl's name with no more emotion than that of his father, but it seemed to Knight that by that very fact he had managed to convey a warning more potent than any that had followed.

Otherwise he would scarcely have taken the trouble to mention her.

The possibility of subtlety in this great, slow-speaking giant piqued him to a keener interest.