"I am not at all afraid now.

If you will wait until I get my hat, I 'll be down in a minute." "Sutler Bill" stood in the narrow hall watching her run swiftly upstairs, twirling his hat in his hands, his good-natured face flushed.
Once he glanced in the direction of the bar-room, wiping his lips with his cuff, and his feet shuffled.

But he resisted the temptation, and was still there when Miss McDonald came down..