'Then you will go?'
'I suppose so.'
'But if you had set men to watch, I should think they might have prevented all the trouble.'
'I did not want to prevent it.'
'Not? Why, Duke?'
'If it is to come, I would rather it should come now, when I am here and expecting it.'
'Is there danger of any rough work?'
'Among the men? I cannot tell.'
'O Duke! if you had set men to watch, I should think they could have put out a fire without you.'
Hazel roused up suddenly. 'Prim, how can you talk so?' she said with quick emphasis. 'Of course he must go!'