Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves." "Arrogate is quite the right word.

It is especially fit for a jailer." This time the shaft went home.

The florid countenance of young Captain Carlisle flushed yet ruddier beneath its tan.

His lips set still more tightly under the scant reddish mustache.

With a gesture of impatience he lifted his military hat and passed a hand over the auburn hair which flamed above his white forehead.