"Tell me. Did you make sure of the tracker?" she asked.
"Didn't I?"
He laughed.
"Of course you did not see him."
"No. How can I see a man who is at the bottom of Old Danny's pit?"
"But you did not see him there."
"I know he's there, for Old Danny never lies, and he saw him in the pit and then flooded it with water. But I've assured you of this before."
"I know that, but you know how we women are. We get our spells of doubt sometimes, and——"
"Don't let them spoil your sleep now. It's all right. The man who played shadower is dead, and sleeps to-night where he should sleep—at the bottom of the pit!"
She crossed the room and opened a sideboard ingeniously set in the wall.