3/15 Yet why should she care for such a conquest, the winning of a common soldier? Could it be that she feared him, that she was afraid that he might speak to her injury? Molly McDonald--the woman was aware of their acquaintance, and was already alarmed at its possible result. He would meet the woman, not from any desire of his own, but to learn her purpose, and protect the girl. The meeting could not injure him, not even bring a swifter beating of the heart, but might give him opportunity to serve the other. |