“You must have been waiting here alone for hours. How could you dare to do it?”
“Why . . . I had to do it. I never thought twice about it.”
“You are the bravest girl in the world!”
“Oh, no! I’m just an ordinary girl who is in love with you.”
“I don’t deserve it!” he murmured.
“Well . . . neither do I!”
When they returned to earth, Conacher said simply: “What shall I do with this Indian now? Put a bullet through his head?”
“Oh, no! no!” said Loseis nervously. “There must be no killing.”
“They started it,” said Conacher.
“I wanted to kill Gault myself,” said Loseis quaintly; “but I struggled against it.”