"Are you going far?"
"I am going to Marsden. By the way, have you seen Donald Morrison lately?"
"I saw him yesterday. Why do you ask?"
"Well, I may tell you that I have a warrant to arrest him on a charge of arson."
Mr. L—— looked very thoughtful. "Do you know the kind of man you have to deal with?"
"I have heard a good deal about him, especially since he returned from the West. But why do you ask?"
"I don't know," said Mr. L——, "whether Donald set fire to the Duquette's place or not, but I know that his real or fancied wrongs have made him morose and irritable—aye, I will add, dangerous. You are a married man, Mr. A——?"
"Yes."
"You have a family?"
"Yes."