I lied a little, just a little, so that she, being a woman, would promise not to tell you I was there.

You see, I had lost a great deal of my faith, and my courage was about gone, and I was afraid of you." "Afraid of me ?" "Yes, afraid of everybody.

I was in the room behind Ellen McCormick when she asked you--that question; and when you answered as you did, I was like stone.

I was amazed and didn't believe, for I was certain that after what had happened on the ship you despised me, and only through a peculiar sense of honor were making the search for me.

Not until two days later, when your letters came to Ellen McCormick, and we read them--" "You opened both ?" "Of course.