“I have a little money. But do you think we could get across the frontier?”
“We shall have to do it at night, because we must manage to sneak over somewhere unseen. If we knew the district it would be easier; but even then we should have to lie low somewhere all through the day. We may bet on it that when that fellow gets back from the fire he’ll spread out a pretty wide search party for us.”
“Does Sylvia ever offer you suggestions?” she asked.
I smiled. “Has Peggy one?”
She nodded. “She’s a little bit afraid to offer it.”
“That’s rather rough on Bob, isn’t it?”
“Paul always ridicules anything I say—never thinks any woman, but Katinka, can have a sensible idea.”
“Why shouldn’t Bob think as much of Peggy’s notions as Paul does of Katinka’s?”
“I like that,” she said, answering my smile. “But it’s rather a wild suggestion.”
“Let’s have it.”