Certainly he had had no quarrel with her father, or with Frank.
It was long past noon, and she was terribly hungry and very thirsty, but she would not tell Al her wants if she starved.

She tried to guess at his plans and at his motive for taking her away like this.

He had no camping outfit, a bulkily rolled slicker forming his only burden.

He could not, then, be planning to take her much farther into the wilderness; yet if he did not hide her away, how could he expect to keep her?
His motive for marrying her was rather mystifying.

He did not seem sufficiently in love with her to warrant an abduction, and he was too cool for such a headlong action, unless driven by necessity.