"Did you notice the scar along his jaw? Looks like a cutlass stroke to
me. I'd like to know how he came by it. It must have been some fight!"
"You will make him out a much more terrible character than he can
possibly be."
"Never mind. If he's anything at all like Cap'n Abe, we'll get it all
out of him. I bet he can tell us some hair-raisers."
"I tell you he's a nice old man, and I won't have you talk so about
him," Louise declared. "We must change the subject."
"We'll talk about _you_," said Lawford quickly. "I'm awfully curious.
When does your--er--work begin down here?"
"My work?" Then she understood him and dimpled. "Oh, just now is my
playtime."
"Making pictures must be interesting."
"I presume it looks so to the outsider," she admitted. It amused her
immensely that he should think her a motion picture actress.
"Your coming here and Cap'n Amazon exchanging jobs with his brother
have caused more excitement than Cardhaven and the vicinity have seen
in a decade. Or at least since _I_ have lived here.
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