Nor did she even ask me many questions. But
I saw her grow very thoughtful.
"Well," I said, "have you any ideas--any suspicions?"
She gave no answer for a few moments, and then she said.
"I am not going to jump to conclusions again, Mr. Merton. There is no use
trying to act on wild ideas till we have found a little more out. You
might just be running risks for no purpose, and you are in quite enough
danger as it is."
"Hobhouse will look after me," I assured her.
She glanced at me with a look in her eyes that gave me a little thrill,
and then I saw a slight shiver run over her.
"You are too brave to realise what danger you are in! Remember Bolton!"
"Believe me, Miss Rendall, I am just as careful of my skin as other
people, but there is absolutely no danger so long as they don't spot me."
"But how long will that be? And you are taking no precautions at all!"
"But I am! I assure you I am. I have a code wire arranged with my cousin
and when he gets the message 'Request permission to be visited by my own
doctor,' he will be in Ransay as fast as he can steam."
She gave a little laugh, but looked anxious still.
"What a delicious message! Well, that's better than nothing. But you
don't imagine they will give you warning, do you?"
"You will," I said confidently. "When you guess there's danger I'll wire.
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