“You are a cautious Yankee. You answer one question with another.” She laughed lightly. “Yes, why should you be? I cannot run away with you; not when Daniel and your Mr. Jenks are watching us 203 so closely. And you have no desire to be run away with. And Pedro must be considered. Altogether, you are well protected, even if your conscience slips. But tell me: Do you blame me for running away from Montoyo?”
“Not in the least,” I heartily assured.
“You would have helped me, at the last?”
“I think I should have felt fully warranted.” Again I floundered.
“Even to stowing me with a bull train?”
“Anywhere, madam, for your betterment, to free you from that brute.”
“Oh!” She clapped her hands. “But you didn’t have to. I only embarrassed you by appearing on my own account. You have some spirit, though. You came to the Adams circle, last night. You did your duty. I expected you. But you must not do it again.”
“Why not?”
“There are objections, there.”
“From you?”