"I dare say she is very wise.

A woman who lives alone is much safer in town than in an isolated house in the country, in case of fire, or thieves, or----" "Well, I don't know that," I said.

"I don't see that they are so very safe.

Why, only the night before I came down here----" I stopped.

I had looked up to catch a sudden glimpse of Carr's face, pale and uneasy, watching us in a mirror opposite.