"I did not go; I was watching you."
"An interesting study, surely."
"It was to me. I desired to know whether you secretly feared the results of your wound."
"And I did not dream you were so concerned about me. Considering the matter calmly, I am disposed to believe there is now no danger—that the hot iron radically destroyed the last chance of infection."
"I am very glad to hear you say so."
"You care a little, then?"
How quickly she is on her guard.
"Because I would not see a brave boy needlessly sacrificed."
"You look on me as a boy. I am twenty-three."
"My own age, sir. That gives me the right to feel myself your senior."