"I don't know that I care much for things."
"But you will. You'll learn. Gosh, wants are easily picked up. It's doing without that needs practice."
"And in the mean time?"
"What do you mean?"
"Before all this happens?"
"We must of course keep this a secret for the present."
"Ah!"
"Now, don't misunderstand me. Personally I have no race prejudice and I despise the idiot that has, but I'm on the job here. I can't let go. I'd lose my pull with the Department, with the settlers, and with the Indians themselves. Now, isn't that so? You know."
"It is so impossible I wonder you ever thought of it."
"Nothing is impossible with me. People have done that before—kept their relations secret for a time——"