"Yes.

I was keen on hunting in England.

That will be a help, won't it ?" "It would be," he said, "if you stayed." "I have come to stay," she said with assurance.
"Wait a bit!" said Burke Ranger.
His manner rather than his words checked her.

She felt again that cold dread pressing against her heart.

She turned from the subject as one seeking escape.
She ate a good breakfast almost in spite of herself.