Assured of this, he dropped the slight constraint which up till now had been plain in his voice, and an inward humor seemed to draw the corners of his mouth slightly downward.
"I reckon that folks where you come from don't wear guns at all, ma'am," he said slowly.
She looked up quickly, surprised into meeting his gaze fairly.

His eyes did not waver.

She rocked vigorously, showing some embarrassment and giving undue attention to her sewing.
"How do you know that ?" she questioned, raising her head and looking at him with suddenly defiant eyes.

"I am not aware that I told you that I was a stranger here! Don't you think you are guessing now ?" His eyes narrowed cunningly.

"I don't think I need to do any guessin', ma'am," he returned.