“No.”
“Why?”
“You’d go after them.”
They looked at each other. Her eyes were now gleaming brightly above two red spots; but he met their gaze with stubborn obstinacy.
“You mean to say that you are going to take me home tied up like a veal calf?”
He nodded.
Biting her lips, she looked at him again. “Do you realize, sir, that you never set eyes on me till a week ago?”
“Sure!”
“Also that you are my hired man?”
He nodded again.