There is too much waiting attention.

Fortunately this house is not without its secrets, for when built by my grandfather this was the frontier." "But does not Grant know ?" I asked soberly.

"I understood he played here as a boy, and there is not much a lad fails to learn." "He is not without knowledge, surely, but here is something he never discovered.

I would never have trusted him with the secret, and yet, as short a time as I have known you, I have no hesitancy.

Isn't that a frank confession, sir ?" "One I mean you shall never regret." "I am sure of that; yet I shall not betray everything even to you.