Then, revolted.

"It is not true! You are _not_ afraid!" "I tell you I am," he repeated with a mirthless laugh.

"Don't you suppose I ought to know?
I want to get out of bullet range every time I'm shot at.

And--if anybody ever turns coward, I prefer that it should be trooper Ormond, not trooper Berkley.

And that is the truth, Ailsa." She was scarcely able to suppress her anger now.