“No, sir; but I was in considerable danger. How strong you are!” he added, admiringly.
“Strength isn’t always according to size!” said the little man, quietly. “Nature gave me a powerful, though small, frame, and I have increased my strength by gymnastic exercise.”
Mr. Jennings did not show the least excitement after his desperate contest. He had attended to it as a matter of business, and when over he suffered it to pass out of his mind. He took out his watch and noted the time.
“It is later than I thought,” he said. “I think I shall have to give up my plan of walking the rest of the way.”
“Then I shall be left alone,” thought Carl regretfully.
Just then a man overtook them in a carriage.
He greeted Mr. Jennings respectfully.
“Are you out for a long walk?” he said.
“Yes, but I find time is passing too rapidly with me. Are you going to Milford?”
“Yes, sir.”