"I'm going to put one question," interrupted the doctor. "Was there any other woman back there in the States?"
"Nary a female. Oh, they are married fast. What are you going to tell me?"
"Nothing." But the doctor softened the refusal by smiling.
"For the sake of the girl. Well, I don't blame you on that ground.
If the boy was legging it alone…."
"I'm a doctor. I took him out of the hands of death. Unless he has killed someone. I sha'n't utter a word."
"Killed someone?" O'Higgins laughed. "He wouldn't hurt a rabbit."
"You won't tell me what he has done?"
"If you'll tell me where he's heading."
"You can give me a little of his history, can't you? Something about his people?"
"Oh, his folks were all right. His father and mother are gone now. Rich folks, once. The boy had all kinds of opportunity; but it's the old story of father making it too easy. It's always hard work for a rich man's son to stand alone. Then you won't tell me where he's going?"