"Peevish?—as long as you are with me I don't care if all the rest of humanity are dead."
I stepped out beside her. We stood locked in a long embrace.
She drew back, with belated thoughtfulness....
"We ought to be more careful ... so near the house."
"I'm so glad you're in the little house near my tent, Hildreth."
"But we can't be together there much ... it's too near the big house."
"What shall we do, then?"
"There's the fields and the woods ... miles of them ... the whole outside world for us."
"I don't see why we shouldn't go strolling together ... the rest are all abroad somewhere, too ... but we must be careful, Johnnie, very careful."
"Careful—why?"