Naturally I tried to escape from him--to refer him to you.

But I could not possibly escape from him, at night, with no road for either of us but the railway line.

I was at his mercy." "What was his reason for not coming direct to me ?" They were still pausing in the road.

Delaine could see in the failing light that Anderson had grown pale.

But he perceived also an expression of scornful impatience in the blue eyes fixed upon him.
"He has professed to be afraid--" "That I should murder him ?" said Anderson with a laugh.