The Squire's toe indicated a spot about three yards from the tree.
"She was running up from behind Bannister, you know, and had just got across the line of fire when the bullet caught her. She fell forward on her face,—she was bound to, Spink said, from the way she was hit,—and Bannister just got his arm under her, to break her fall."
"She was running toward him, I suppose, to warn him?"
"To get between him and Roberts, like the noble girl she is, no doubt; but she seemed to have turned round on hearing the shot, because, to judge from the way she was lying, she was, at the moment she fell, heading almost south."
"What, toward the house?"
"Yes, in a slanting line, from the tree toward the house."
"That's away from Bannister?"
"Yes, and from Roberts too. You see, she must have turned. It was a fine thing. Well, I must get back; I'm busy with all the preparations for this affair. Good-day, Mr. Hume. Very kind of you to come and see us."
"I'm so glad to find Miss Delane better."