"Be careful, or you will be heard, dear! We are right by the house, remember."
"Is your father in?"
"No, but he may return at any time. It would be terrible if he should discover us here."
"What are we to do?" he asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I haven't had time to think. What you have confessed has so upset me that I seem to know nothing else. I can't think of anything else. You see, Buck, I can't tell father any more that you were not—drunk that night!"
The hated word seemed to choke her.
"No!"
"And what shall I say to him?"
"I reckon that is entirely too much for me."
"But I will stand up for you all I can!"