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As yet neither of the men has the slightest suspicion
that I am concerned in the matter in any way—or that
I even know of it. Now may I not be most useful by
keeping a watch and biding my time ?
I thought a moment, but there seemed to be only one
answer :
" You are quite right, Dick ! We can do nothing just
at present. We must keep a sharp look out, and get
some tangible evidence of his intention—something that
we can support—and then we can take steps against him.
As to the matter of his threat to harm Norah, I shall
certainly try to bring that out in a way we can prove,
and then he shall have the hottest corner he ever thought
of in his life."
" Quite right that he should have it, Art ; but we must
think of her too. It would not do to have her name
mixed up with any gossip. She will be going away
very shortly, I suppose, and then his power to hurt her
will be nil. In the mean time everything must be done
to guard her."
"I shall get a dog—a good savage one—this very
day ; that ruffian must not be able to even get near the
house again " Dick interrupted me:
"Oh, I quite forgot to tell you about that. The very
day after that night I got a dog and sent it up. It is
the great mastiff that Meldon, the dispensary doctor, had
—the one that you admired so much. I specially asked
Norah to keep it for you, and train it to be always with
her. She promised that she would always feed him