"But why should you worry?" Ruth questioned quickly. "You were nowhere near the plantation."
"But how am I to prove it?" he questioned.
"Have you been alone all the afternoon?"
"Absolutely."
"But you have surely seen someone?"
"As bad luck would have it, I have not seen a soul."
"But some people may have seen you."
"That is likely enough. Twenty people in the village looking from behind their curtains may have seen me walk out with a gun under my arm."
"And it's the first time you've carried a gun since we left Hillside."
"The very first time, and it looks as if it will be the last."