"You know how I hate being slobbered over!" Then he dodged Dorothy and Elsie, who advanced upon him with one accord and one purpose of kissing him, and cried, "No, no! This is no time for foolery!" "But I don't understand," said Dorothy.
"Oh! Selina's my old nurse.

What are you doing here, Selina?
I never expected you to turn kidnapper at your age!" "Nothing of the kind, Master Tinker! I'm paid to help save these poor lambs from them Popish Jesuits, and I'm going to do it!" "Let's hear about this," said Tinker, sitting down on the table.
"It's my poor husband's cousin, Mr.Alexander McNeill.

He engaged me to come here to act as maid to a young lady he was helping get away from those Jesuits who were trying to force her into a convent to get her money," said Selina.
"You've been humbugged, then.

What you are doing is helping to kidnap my adopted sister Elsie, and Miss Dorothy Rainer, the daughter of an American millionaire," said Tinker joyfully.
Dorothy started and flushed.

"How did you learn that ?" she said quickly.
"Your father's come from America, and he and my father are looking for you, though where they are there's no saying.