He is my uncle, and his name is truly Delora!" "Then why does he leave you here alone and skulk about from hiding-place to hiding-place like a criminal ?" I asked.
"It is not your business to ask those questions," she answered.

"I have told you the truth.

Will you do as I ask or not ?" I hesitated for a moment.

She was driving me back into a corner! "Felicia," I said, "I must do as you ask me.

If you tell me to go away, I will go away; but do you think it is quite kind to leave me so mystified?
For instance," I added slowly, "on the night when that beast Louis planned to knock that young Brazilian on the head, and leave me to bear the brunt of it; he was up here talking to you, alone, as though you were equals." "It is my uncle who makes use of Louis," she said.
"I'm hanged if I can see how he can make use of a fellow like that if his business is an honest one," I answered.
"It is not for you to understand," she answered.