Andy felt hurt at that, but he did not manifest the fact.

Instead he informed them that it was a fine morning.
And were they out taking a look around?
They were.

They were looking up the men who had perpetrated the outrage last night upon four settlers.
"Outrage ?" Andy tilted the dishpan against the cabin wall, draped the dishrag over the handle and went forward, pulling down his sleeves.
"What outrage is that, Miss Hallman?
Anybody killed ?" Miss Hallman watched him with her narrowed glance.

She saw the quick glance he gave Miss Allen, and her lids narrowed still more.

So that was it! But she did not swerve from her purpose, for all this unexpected thrust straight to the heart of her self-love.
"You know that no one was killed.