Don't care quite as much about it as you did, do you ?" "Yes, I think I do, Bob." She strove bravely to express enthusiasm.
"The trouble is, I am so worried over your going off alone hunting after that man." He laughed, his eyes searching her face for the truth.

"Well, little girl, he won't exactly be the first I 've had call to go after.
Besides, this is a particular case, and appeals to me in a sort of personal way.

It you only knew it, you're about as deeply concerned in the result as I am, and as for me, I can never rest easy again until the matter is over with." "It's that awful Murphy, is n't it ?" "He's the one I'm starting after first, and one sight at his right hand will decide whether he is to be the last as well." "I never supposed you would seek revenge, like a savage," she remarked, quietly.

"You never used to be that way." "Good Lord, Naida, do you think I 'm low down enough to go out hunting that poor cuss merely to get even with him for trying to stick me with a knife?
Why, there are twenty others who have done as much, and we have been the best of friends afterwards.

Oh, no, lassie, it means more than that, and harks back many a long year.