“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because you know the trouble you would get into. Because you were afraid of that. Not from any love of me.”
“Did you help me out of the fire from love of me?”
“No.”
Arlington forced a laugh.
“I knew you did not. Then we are quits. The score is evened up.”
“But that does not let your fine friend Bunol out. He is a treacherous snake, and——”
“Yah!” snarled the Spanish boy, starting to advance toward Dick. “I make you take it back!”
Again Arlington grasped him.