The soft laugh which answered him had more than shyness to make it unsteady.
'I do not suppose you want to change me for anybody else,' she said. 'But I do not want you to think I am anybody else.'
There came just then rapid hoof-beats round the house, and in a minute more Dingee presented himself in the red room, bearing a request that Mr. Rollo would come to the side door for a moment, to see Dr. Arthur Maryland.
CHAPTER XVI.
DR. ARTHUR'S NEWS.
The doctor was on horseback, but standing a little way off from the steps.
'Stay where you are' he said, speaking low however. 'Dane, there is ship fever among those Swedes that have just come to the Hollow.'
'The Schiffers?'
'Yes. I was not certain till to-night, but I have been all day taking precautions and making arrangements, and could not get away a minute sooner. I was afraid you might miss a message; and I would not write notes there to be opened here. Now I cannot stop to talk, but if you will send me general orders every morning for men and business in the Hollow, I will see them carried out. Good- night.My respects to her Grace.'
'StopArthur!' said the other as he was moving off'I shall be there presently.'