He--he followed me.

He's starving, too," and a sob broke from Huldah's throat.

"We wouldn't hurt you, ma'am, for anything; we couldn't, we're dead-beat.

I haven't had anything to eat since yesterday, and we've come miles and miles.

I don't want to come in, ma'am," she pleaded, more and more eagerly, as the door remained rigidly closed, except for about three inches.