"I wonder you dared to travel it alone at night." "Its very loneliness makes it safe," was the response, rather indifferently uttered.

"Meeting others was the very thing I was most anxious to avoid." "Indeed! You are tantalizing; you cannot expect me to be devoid of curiosity." "Of course not," turning her face toward me, "neither can you expect me to gratify it." "You mean you could not trust me ?" "Rather that you would not believe me, if I did.

The reason for this trip is so simple and commonplace that if I were to confess its purpose to you, you would suppose I were attempting deceit.

Oh, yes, you would, so I might just as well remain still.

Besides it can make no difference anyway.