“I have only been accused of meeting a Union officer in the woods,” she replied gravely enough now. “I cannot deny that. I did meet him. Twice.”
“Dorothea met a Union officer in Coulter Woods.”
“Did you tell him of these plans?” Hal asked. There was something about Dorothea’s straightforward look that gave him confidence in her word.
“No,” Dorothea answered promptly.
“You must have!” April burst out. “Who else could have told him? You don’t deny that you knew of them?”
For the first time Dorothea hesitated. She did know of them from Larry Stanchfield; but she was reluctant to admit it, seeing the obvious inference that would be drawn. On the other hand she was in no mood to tell anything but the truth.
“Yes, I did know of them,” she replied.
“And you expect us to believe you did not tell this man you met in the woods?” Hal said, sternly.
“Of course I expect you to believe me,” Dorothea answered, a blaze of anger coming into her eyes. “That is exactly what I do expect you to do.”