“I hope not. I’d not likely have the luck to get another invitation right then to go riding with a friendly young lady.”
She gave him direct, cool, black-blue eyes that met and searched his. “I’m not at all sure she is friendly. I shall want to find out the cause of the trouble you have just had before I make up my mind as to that.”
“I judge people by their actions. Y’u didn’t wait to find out before bringing the ambulance into action,” he laughed.
“I see you do not mean to tell me.”
“You’re quite a lawyer, ma’am,” he evaded.
“I find you a very slippery witness, then.”
“Ask anything y’u like and I’ll tell you.”
“Very well. Who were those men, and why were they trying to kill you?”
“They turned their wolf loose on me because I shot up one of them yesterday.”
“Dear me! Is it your business to go around shooting people? That’s three I happen to know that you have shot. How many more?”