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See for yourself , captain . '' And she pointed to the two or three bills and scraps that had evidently only recently fluttered in among the now neglected roses . `` Then when he was aroused at reveille and you threatened him with punishment and held over his head the startling accusation that you knew of our meeting and our secret , he was naturally infinitely distressed , and could only write to warn me , and he managed to get in and say good-by to me at the station . As for me , I was back home by five o'clock , let myself noiselessly up to my room , and no one knew it but the Suttons and old Graves , neither of whom would betray me . I had no fear of the long dark road : I had ridden and driven as a child all over these bluffs and prairies before there was any town worth mentioning , and in days when my father and I found only friends -- not enemies -- here at Sibley . '' `` Miss Beaubien , let me protest against your accusation . It is not for me to reprove your grave imprudence or recklessness ; nor have I the right to disapprove your choice of Mr. Jerrold .