"On your account, and on the children's, I'll have to show myself again when I leave the house, so that there'll be no mistake about my identity. Don't move until after I have gone some distance along the road. And please say to Mr. Warner that I've returned to the inn for luncheon——"
"There is a door in the rear! You must not show yourself——"
"Indeed, I must. Otherwise, they might mistake you or Sister Félicité or one of the children for me——"
"Mr. Halkett!" He had already started.
"Yes?" he replied, halting and glancing back; and found her already at his elbow.
"Why were you shot at?" she asked. "I desire to know."
He looked her straight in the eyes:
"I can't tell you why, Sister."
"You say you are English, and that you are a friend to France. If that is true, then tell me who shot at you! Do you know?"
"In a general way, I suppose I do know."