And now that I find it's all a mistake, and it was you, not her, I was looking for, why"-- "Why," she interrupted bitterly, "you'll just take me, of course, to save your time and earn your salary.

I'm ready." "But _I'm_ not, just yet," he said faintly.

"Help me up." She mechanically assisted him to his feet.
"Now stand where you are," he added, "and don't move beyond this tree till I return." He straightened himself with an effort, clenched his fists until the nails were nearly buried in his palms, and strode with a firm, steady step in the direction he had come.

In a few moments he returned and stood before her.
"I've sent away my deputy--the man who brought me here, the fool who thought you were Nellie.

He knows now he made a mistake.