"My cousin, Mr. Bulson."
"The scoundrel! Is he here now?"
"I think not. But he may come back at any moment."
"Go away from here!" shrieked Sarah Higgins, in alarm. "Go away! That girl is crazy!"
"I guess you are crazy!" returned Nelson hotly. "Stand aside and let me get into the house."
"No, no! You must go away!" went on Sarah Higgins.
Then of a sudden she leaped back and ran for the cottage with might and main. Reaching it, she closed the door and locked it. Then she appeared at a near-by window, armed with a rolling-pin.
"Don't you dast come in!" she shrieked. "If you do, you'll have to take the consequences!" And she flourished the rolling-pin defiantly.