How well do you know her ?" "We are very close friends." "H'm.

Did you suppose she was the kind of woman to be frightened at merely being lost in a civilised country ?" "No.

She has more courage--of all kinds--than most women." "Because," said the big doctor thoughtfully, "while she was unconscious it took me ten minutes to pry open her fingers and disengage a rather heavy dog-whip from her clutch....

And there was some evidences of blood on the lash and on the bone handle." "What!" exclaimed Neville, amazed.
The doctor shrugged: "I don't know of any fierce and vicious dogs between here and Estwich, either," he mused.
"No, Cardemon keeps none.

And its mostly his estate." "Oh ...