‘No, let me guess,’ he interrupted. It was a second reminder that against her claim to go free and untrammelled there was a case to be made, that after all it was true that a girl does not go alone in the world unchallenged, nor ever has gone freely alone in the world, that evil walks abroad and dangers, and petty insults more irritating than dangers, lurk. "A sail?" said McClintock. The dress was her mother's, and she was wearing it to save a little extra money. "I didn't know the machine had such stuff in it," said McClintock.