You are not a spy; if you have acted as one, it has been more through my fault than your own.

Besides you are my prisoner, and if I should permit you to fall into the hands of those men, to be condemned to death, the memory would haunt me forever.

I am not that kind, Lieutenant Galesworth.

I don't want your gratitude; I would rather fight you than help you.

I want you to understand this first of all." "I do, Miss Hardy; you simply perform a duty." "Yes; I--I keep my word." "But, after all, isn't it a little easier because--you like me ?" She drew in her breath so quickly it was almost a sob, the swift, unexpected question disarming her in an instant.