No woman--at least no woman like Willifred Hardy--ever loved a coward, or a quitter, and I was determined she should not catalogue me in either class.

All this came to me rather in instinct than thought, yet I was ready enough when she began questioning.
"Now you will go away, won't you ?" "Go away ?" "Yes, back to your own people, and leave us alone.

There is no reason why you should stay here longer.

You are not serving me, nor your cause.
Release your prisoners, and get away safely before you yourself are captured." "Did Le Gaire tell you to make this proposition ?" "Certainly not," indignantly, "I have not spoken to Captain Le Gaire." "Well, Miss Billie," soberly, "I accept your words just as they are spoken, and will trouble you no longer with my attentions.

But this has become a military matter now.