You see, unfortunately--most
unfortunately--I am not quite without responsibilities, and I have
come down into the mountains, where I hope not to be shot and tossed over
a precipice until I have had time to watch certain people and certain
events a little while. I tried to say as much to Captain Claiborne, but I
saw that my story did not impress him. And now I have said the same thing
to you--"
He waited, gravely watching her, hat in hand.
"And I have stood here and listened to you, and done exactly what Captain
Claiborne would not wish me to do under any circumstances," said Shirley.
"You are infinitely kind and generous--"
"No. I do not wish you to think me either of those things--of course
not!"
Her conclusion was abrupt and pointed.
"Then--"
"Then I will tell you--what I have not told any one else--that I know
very well that you are not the person who appeared at Bar Harbor three
years ago and palmed himself off as the Baron von Kissel."
"You know it--you are quite sure of it?" he asked blankly.
"Certainly. I saw that person--at Bar Harbor. I had gone up from Newport
for a week--I was even at a tea where he was quite the lion, and I am
sure you are not the same person.
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