She was regarding him with troubled eyes now, and he thought he detected a tender light in them. He longed to take her in his arms and cover her face with kisses, but crushed the thought out of his mind with a groan.
“Yes, that is one thing that bothers me, and by the way, I received a letter from mother; she and my sister will be out here in a few days,” his voice was steady and sure now.
“Oh, won’t that be grand?” she cried in delight. “I am very anxious to meet your mother and sister, Sir Jack.”
“Sis is a good kid, and I think you will like her. She is about your age, Josephine.”
“Oh, I know I will like your mother and sister just from what you have told me of them. Now, what other troubles have you got, if you can call your mother and sister a trouble?” She was leaning slightly toward him with a half smile mingled with a look of severity on her face.
He shifted uneasily in his seat.
“You have a regular lawyer’s way of pinning a man down to a question,” he said at last.
“Does the truth hurt?”
He had driven the car to one side of the trail and stopped the engine.
“Josephine!” Mason turned and faced her.