“It’s a trick to put you out of the game.”
“What is it?”
“It’s a scheme to feed you on ipecac just before the game begins.”
“If I don’t swallow it I sha’n’t have any trouble, shall I?”
“No. But——”
“Who is to do the trick?”
“You can guess who is behind it. It’s the lowest, meanest thing I ever heard of! If I really believed it all, I’d——”
“Don’t you believe it?” broke in Dan.
“I don’t know just what to think. I confess I’m afraid.”
“You haven’t told me just what it is that scares you.”