27/31 "Well, well, my dear, I am very glad you have told me of this. If Mr.Butler is ever taken and in danger--there will be a court-martial, of course--send me word of it, and I will see what I can do, both for your sake and for the sake of strict justice." "Oh, not for my sake," she protested, reddening slightly at the gentle imputation. "Mr.Butler is nothing to me--that is to say, he is just my cousin. It is for Una's sake that I am asking this." "Why, then, for Lady O'Moy's sake, since you ask it," he replied readily. "But," he warned her, "say nothing of it until Mr.Butler is found." It is possible he believed that Butler never would be found. |