The girl's face went white and her eyes took on a hard glitter.
"Now, Dick Welford, that you've said it—you've got to prove it—"
The Captain lifted his hand solemnly.
"I'll prove it. You know Miss Van Lew, the old abolitionist on Church Hill?—"
"I don't know that such a creature walks the earth."
"You've heard of her?"
"Yes."
"You know that she is a traitor to her own people?"
"I've heard it."