“That will do, gentlemen,” said the colonel, as the officers dispersed; “send Cassidy here.”
The colonel was alone on the veranda as Cassidy came up.
“You followed Mr. Atherly to-day?”
“Yes sorr.”
“And you saw him when he gave the message to the young lady?”
“Yes sorr.”
“Did you form any opinion from anything else you saw, of his object in sending that message?”
“Only from what I saw of HIM.”
“Well, what was that?”
“I saw him look afther the young leddy as she rode away, and then wheel about and go straight back into the wood.”