“Exactly.”
“She can do nothing else than go East now, for Deadshot Dean said he intended taking her with him.”
“She may, and she may not go East. No one in the fort knows her, other than you and I, as Bonnie Belle of Pocket City, for she has guarded that secret, I am sure.”
“Yes, wholly.”
“Now she may go back to Pocket City.”
“Suppose she does?”
“She came here to rescue her brother beyond all doubt, and, finding that you were aware of that fact, having recognized her, she has gone her way.”
“Very wisely.”
“That remains to be seen.”
“What are you driving at, Bill?”