Call it cruel of me, if you like, to take you by the hand and lead you gently away from that sort of danger for just a few days.

Call me jailer, if you like.

None the less it is my duty, and I shall call it in part a kindness to you to take you away from scenes which might on both sides be dangerous.

Some of the oldest and best minds of this country have felt--" "At least those minds were shrewd in choosing their agent," she rejoined.

"Yes; you are fanatic, that is plain.