He delighted in her, in the astonishing irony of her calling him sir again. He had deserved it too, for he had spoken to her with the old office manner."You tell me I risked my life to save yours; I risked more than life, and I risked it for more than to save yours. Yet I did not save your life; you saved it, yourself, and--" here her low tone thrilled like a harp-string--"you risked it--frightfully--at that bridge--merely to save the promise you made me that you need not have made at all--oh, you needn't shake your head; I know.""Borrowed!" echoed the sergeant. "If he doesn't own that mare no man does."