“Had you three made up your minds to be particularly naughty?” asked he, laughing.
“Now, Ephraim!” said I.
“Sounded like it,” he replied. “Well, Cary, are you glad to go home?”
“Well, yes—I think—I am,” answered I.
“Then certainly I think you are not.”
“Well. I am glad for some reasons.”
“And not for others. Yes, I understand that. And I guess one of the reasons—you are sorry to leave Miss Keith.”
I wondered if he guessed that because he was sorry.
“Yes, I am very sorry to leave her in this trouble. Do you think it likely that Colonel Keith can escape?”
Ephraim shook his head.