"Not exactly. We have been looking more particularly after the man."
The police sergeant returned then to the inside of the cottage.
Mrs. Bordine was still defiant.
Poor old woman, she could not understand why officers of the law should seek her son, much less why they should insult an old lady by discrediting her word.
"I order you out of my house."
Mrs. Bordine was becoming indignant at last.
The men paid no heed to the order. The sergeant began the search once more. "You'll pay for this outrage," declared the widow.
"Hold your tongue," retorted the second man, laying his hand on the arm of the widow. "We have the law and the right on our side."
"You have not," retorted Mrs. Bordine. "I haven't heard you read a search-warrant."
"It's not necessary."