Shall I call the guard ?" He hesitated a moment, but whatever it was which had first inspired him to question me, was too strong to be thrown aside.
"Did--did Mistress Mortimer help you escape from Philadelphia ?" he asked bluntly.
"That is entirely my affair.

Why don't you ask the lady herself ?" "See here, damn you!" he burst out.

"I haven't seen the lady.

When I got back to the dining-room she was gone, and then I was ordered out here.
But you knew you were being sought after, and I cannot imagine who else told you." "You do not exhibit very great faith in the lady--the daughter of a loyalist." He drew a quick breath, suddenly aware that he had gone too far.
"It is your sneaking spy methods, not the girl.

She is innocent enough, but I suspect you dragged the truth out of her.