“The day after may be too late. Whatever it is that you have done—”
“I have done nothing to be ashamed of,—I swear I have not!”
“Whatever it is,—and I don’t care what it is,”—she said deliberately, “—it is something quite serious, Mr. Armitage. My brother—”
She hesitated for a moment, then spoke rapidly.
“My brother has been detailed to help in the search for you. He is at Storm Springs now.”
“But he doesn’t understand—”
“My brother is a soldier and it is not necessary for him to understand.”
“And you have done this—you have come to warn me—”
“It does look pretty bad,” she said, changing her tone and laughing a little. “But my brother and I—we always had very different ideas about you, Mr. Armitage. We hold briefs for different sides of the case.”
“Oh, I’m a case, am I?” and he caught gladly at the suggestion of lightness in her tone. “But I’d really like to know what he has to do with my affairs.”