"Haven't you done it already?"
"I didn't say I had," answered Ben, who was evidently debating with himself whether he should admit Harry to his confidence.
"But didn't you set the barn afire?"
"What if I did?"
"Why, I should say you run a great risk."
"I don't care for that."
"I see the reason now, why you wouldn't tell me what you was going to do before."
"We are in for it now, Harry. I meant to pay off the squire, and—"
"Then you did set the barn afire?"
"I didn't say so; and, more than that, I don't mean to say so. If you can see through a millstone, why, just open your eyes—that's all."