"We will," he answered through his teeth, hardly pausing in his
whistling for the odd reply. "We will."

But for all that, he set her gently and suddenly down, and she knew
that she stood again at the cabin door.

"Pete, where are you?" she asked.

But he had disappeared, still in utter silence, like a genie whose
task is done.




CHAPTER X


"What did he say to you? What did he say to you?" asked Hugh again
and again.

Sylvie laughed at him.

"He didn't say anything--hardly a word, except that he pretended he
was going on forever. He said: 'We will, we will.' That's absolutely
all, Hugh. Don't be so silly. What _could_ he say?"

"I don't know," Hugh answered. "He might have made fun of me."

"Fun of you! After saving my life! I'd have boxed his ears! No, no,