“I know not how, for I would not do one act to bring suspicion upon myself.”
“There are a dozen officers here desperately in love with you, and willing to do your bidding.”
“That may be.”
“You must tell one of them that you wish to send a letter to Pocket City for me, to one there whom I am interested in, and he is to get a courier, one of the cowboys about the post, to take it.”
“I cannot.”
“You must, I say.”
“I will not compromise myself.”
“There is nothing to compromise you, but it might did you ask Colonel Dunwoody to send the courier for you.”
“No.”
“I say yes, and, if you refuse, I shall simply ask to see Colonel Dunwoody, and tell him that you are my wife.”