"I ought to know, oughtn't I?
It's my business to watch fires and see how they're acting, isn't it ?" He saw her still determined, and tried another argument.

"Listen here.
It isn't far up to the station.

We'll go up there, and I'll phone down to the office to have the firemen stop and see if she's all right.
They'll have to come right by there, to get at the fire.

And you can't cross that burning strip now--not on a bet, you couldn't.

And if you could," he added determinedly, "I wouldn't let you try it.