If you're willing to undertake the job, I daresay I could let you go.

Then, if she wouldn't sooner trust her judgment, I think I could give you a pretty good character." "No," said Thirlwell sharply, and stopped.

He suspected that Scott was amused, and it jarred him to think of becoming Agatha's hired servant.
"Well," said Scott, with a twinkle, "exploring the bush with a charming girl is no doubt very pleasant while the summer lasts, but it doesn't lead to much.

In fact, so far as I know your views, it leads to nothing.
Anyhow, I must see what we have in the store that would be useful." He went away and Thirlwell, after sitting still for some minutes with a frown, got up and moodily followed the trail to the river bank.

Scott had shown him that his friendship with Agatha could not continue on the lines it ran on now.