“Are—are you going to give her up to him?”
“No.”
“Then what I heard was true. You did say at the meeting that you were going to do your best to keep him from getting her.”
“Um—hum! What I said amounts to just about that.”
“Why?”
Captain Cy was surprised and a little disappointed apparently.
“Why?” he repeated.
“Yes. Why?”
“Well, for reasons I've got.”
“Do you mind telling me the reasons?”