Chapter XV—THE DANGERS THICKEN
MY companion was in no hurry to answer the question and we rode some distance before he spoke.
“Why couldn’t you speak of this before the others—I mean those in the house at Brabinsk?”
“Why don’t you all discuss your plans at public meetings? I suppose because you want to keep them secret. So do I now.”
“Why do you lay such stress on secrecy?”
“Because my own safety is my own concern, and no one else’s.”
“Are you a secret police spy?”
“No; had I been, do you think I should have been in command of things at Brabinsk?”