"I am going to make another strange request of you."
"It is granted in advance, if possible."
"Will you step inside with me, and drive a little way?" inquired the
young woman.
Jack glanced quickly at her. Her face was flushed; evidently she was
embarrassed.
"Won't you tell me a little more, madam, about your reason for wishing
to see me?" he suggested.
"Yes; but not here--_please!_" she begged. "I do not want to be seen
about here. I shall not detain you long, Mr. Benson. All I ask is
that you sit here beside me, and that we drive a little way, while I
say a few words to you."
Jack hesitated. He did not like the look of the adventure. Yet, on
the other hand, it was hard to see harm or danger in it. The young
woman was evidently, as he had at first guessed, a lady.
"Then you do not feel able to tell me, here, what you wish to speak
with me about?" he inquired.
"I shall begin as soon as we start on our drive," she promised. "Oh,
please do not refuse me. You cannot imagine how much is at stake--for
me!"
Though Jack Benson felt the peculiarity of the request from a stranger,
he was unable to see how harm could result from his being kind.
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