"To tell you that the police are after you," she whispered back.
"I knew that already."
"Yes, I knew that you would."
"But how did you find out?"
"Maggie told me."
"Maggie!"
"She came down to see me, told me what had just happened at her place,
told me about Barney hurrying away to slip the news to that Gavegan,
and begged me to warn you at once. She was terribly nervous and
wrought up."
"Maggie did that!" he breathed. His heart leaped at her unexpected
concern for him. "Maggie did that!" And then: "There wasn't any need;
she should have known that I would know."
"It was rather foolish in a way--but Maggie was too excited to use
cool reason."
His grandmother did not speak for a moment. "Her losing her head and
coming shows that she cares for you, Larry."
He could make no response. This was indeed the clearest evidence
Maggie had yet given that possibly she might care.
"Maggie may have lost her head in her excitement," he managed to say;
"but, grandmother, there was no reason for you to lose your head so
far as to come away out here to tell me about the police."
"I didn't come away out here to tell you about the police," she
replied. "I came to tell you something else."
"Yes?"
"You're sure you really care for Maggie?"
"I told you that when I was down to see you this evening.
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