I thought he was not so well pleased.

"I do not believe that, in the circumstances, Willis need fear being imprisoned," he said finally, "and I see no reason for further concealment.

True, several months have passed and people have mostly forgotten it; perhaps not much good would come from publishing the facts abroad.

We'll think it over." After a minute he said, "I'm glad you told me this," and, turning, shook hands with me gravely.
"Ad and I don't want you to think that we expect you to square this up for us!" I exclaimed.

"We want to do something to pay the bill ourselves, and to pay you for Lib, too." The old Squire laughed.