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`` Do not be afraid . '' In a louder tone he continued . `` I must go for supplies , Miss Andrés . I will be back to-morrow noon . '' He stepped around the corner of the cabin , and was gone . Sibyl Andrés faced James Rutlidge , without speaking . She was not afraid , now , as she had always been in his presence , until that day when he had so plainly declared himself to her and she met his advances with a gun .