human
Kedsty is a bachelor and doesn't even so much as look at a woman. But he likes home life--
gpt
And has built himself a log bungalow somewhat removed from the town,
human
And his Chinaman cook and housekeeper is away.
gpt
And the bungalow is closed, or supposed to be.
human
Except at night, when Kedsty goes there to sleep.
gpt
Jimmy, there never was a team in N Division that could beat us, The girl is hiding at Kedsty's place!
human
But why HIDING? insisted Kent.
gpt
She hasn't committed a crime.
human
It's simply the big hunch, he grunted.
gpt
It's got hold of me, Kent, and I can't throw it off. Why, man--
human
She had on high-heeled shoes, Kent--those Frenchy things--and I swear her feet can't be much bigger than a baby's! I found where Kedsty caught up with her, and the moss was pretty well beaten down. He returned through the poplars, but the girl went on and into the edge of the spruce. I lost her trail there. By traveling in that timber it was possible for her to reach Kedsty's bungalow without being seen. It must have been difficult going, with shoes half as big as my hand and heels two inches high! And I've been wondering, why didn't she wear bush-country shoes or moccasins?
gpt
Because she came from the South and not the North, suggested Kent.
human
Probably up from Edmonton.
gpt
Exactly. And Kedsty wasn't expecting her, was he? If he had been, that first sight of her wouldn't have shattered every nerve in his body. That's why the big hunch won't let loose of me, Kent. From the moment he saw her, he was a different man. His attitude toward you changed instantly. If he could save you now by raising his little finger, he wouldn't do it, simply because it's absolutely necessary for him to have an excuse for freeing McTrigger. Your confession came at just the psychological moment. The girl's unspoken demand there in the poplars was that he free McTrigger, and it was backed up by a threat which Kedsty understood and which terrified him to his marrow. McTrigger must have seen him afterward, for he waited at the office until Kedsty came. I don't know what passed between them. Constable Doyle says they were together for half an hour. Then McTrigger walked out of barracks, and no one has seen him since. It's mighty queer. The whole thing is queer. And the queerest part of the whole business is this sudden commission of mine at Fort Simpson.