"You dare not!"
"Dare not! Do you think to frighten me?—Dolly, my dear, I am not in the mood to argue. Will you tell me how you came here, and how long ago? I must have an answer before I go."
For an instant she was silent.
"Will you go straight home again if I tell you?"
"Yes—I will promise that," said I—for now that I had seen her with my own eyes most of what I desired was done. The rest could wait twelve hours.
"Well, then," she said, "I have been here a month; and my father put me here."
"Your father!"
"Yes, my father. Have you anything to say against him?"
"No: I will say it to him."
I wheeled about to go to the door.