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 "You were very silly. You might have killed yourself."

"No, I had only to land in the snow. It was easy enough." He turned and faced her squarely. "Look here, Miss Burnett, I've been thinking it over out there and I guess you're right about—about the whole thing. I guess I have behaved like a cad all along, and—"

"I never said that," replied Prue hurriedly.

"And jumping off that train was a low-down thing to do. You see, it wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't thought of pulling the signal cord; but I did. I even had my hand on it." He paused and looked anxiously at her face. She was studying the cracked top of the stove.

"I'm—I'm sorry," he muttered.

"Well," she replied with a little laugh, "what's done is done, isn't it? After all, you didn't realize, I suppose—"

"Yes, I did," he said doggedly. "I—I just did it on purpose."