"Hobhouse will look after me," I assured her.
She glanced at me with a look in her eyes that gave me a little thrill, and then I saw a slight shiver run over her.
"You are too brave to realise what danger you are in! Remember Bolton!"
"Believe me, Miss Rendall, I am just as careful of my skin as other people, but there is absolutely no danger so long as they don't spot me."
"But how long will that be? And you are taking no precautions at all!"
"But I am! I assure you I am. I have a code wire arranged with my cousin and when he gets the message 'Request permission to be visited by my own doctor,' he will be in Ransay as fast as he can steam."
She gave a little laugh, but looked anxious still.
"What a delicious message! Well, that's better than nothing. But you don't imagine they will give you warning, do you?"
"You will," I said confidently. "When you guess there's danger I'll wire. And now, I hope you have some idea in your head besides this notion of my danger. Be honest! what's in your mind?"
But I now perceived I had also an obstinate ally.