"No! not for two or three days. And then--oh, Mr. Bell! now comes the bad part," said she, nervously twining her fingers together. "A police inspector came and taxed me with having been a companion of the young man, whose push or blow had occasioned Leonards' death; that was a false accusation, you know, but we had not heard that Fred had sailed, he might still be in London and liable to be arrested on this false charge, and his identity with the Lieutenant Hale, accused of causing the mutiny, discovered, he might be shot; all this flashed through my mind, and I said it was not me. I was not at the railway station that night. I knew nothing about it. I had no conscience or thought but to save Frederick."

'No! not for two or three days. And then - oh, Mr. Bell! now comes the bad part,' said she, nervously twining her fingers together. 'A police inspector came and taxed me with having been the companion of the young man, whose push or blow had caused Leonards' death; that was false, you know, but we had not heard that Fred had sailed - he might still be in London and liable to be arrested and shot. All this flashed through my mind, and I said it was not me. That I knew nothing about it. I thought only of saving Frederick.'
