"I have heard him say that you were so--call you a brave gentleman"-- MacLean's dark face flushed.

"Yes, we are friends,--I thank God for it.
What have you to do with that, my lass ?" "I also am his friend," said Audrey, coming nearer.

Her hands were clasped, her bosom heaving.

"Listen! To-day I was sent on an errand to a house far up this creek.

Coming back, I took the short way home through the woods because of the storm.