I'm afraid to stay here.

Not of bears, but of tramps--or--or something." "Where there are no houses there will be no tramps." "There may be.

You never can tell about tramps.

And I couldn't shoot a tramp.

The very best I could do would be to shoot myself--" "But--" "And I might bungle even that!" pathetically.
"But, my dear girl--" "And anyway, I've thought of another plan.