What harm can it do you ?" "I cannot explain how I feel about it," I answered.

"I am not sure that I know myself.

Only you must see that if it were known that he set out from the village last night to call upon me, people might say unpleasant things." She lowered her voice.
"You mean--that they might suspect you of killing him ?" "Why not?
Nobody knows much about me here, and it would seem suspicious.

It was I who found him, and only a few hundred yards from my cottage.

If it were known that he had left the village last night to see me, don't you think that it would occur to any one to wonder if we had met--and quarrelled?
There could be no proof, of course, but the mere suggestion is unpleasant enough." We were in the middle of the open road, and the wagon was several yards in front.