We know she has appealed to you for aid.

My own errand, if you please, is near to its close.

It has been--" "Cut the cards, man!" cried the Missourian.

It was lucky that he interrupted.

He was just in time to prevent the other from making the mistake of saying what was the truth--that he was in any case about to leave the young lady to her own devices, and by her own request.