"Who are you?"
"Hugo Danner."
"Oh--old Danner's boy, eh?"
Hugo did not like the tone in which they referred to his father. He made
no reply.
"Can you tell us anything about these ruins?"
"What ruins?"
They pointed to his fort. Hugo was hurt. "Those aren't ruins. I built
that fort. It's to fight Indians in."
The pair ignored his answer and started toward the fort. Hugo did not
protest. They surveyed its weighty walls and its relatively new roof.
"Looks recent," Smith said.
"This child has evidently renovated it. But it must have stood here for
thousands of years."
"It didn't. I made it--mostly last week."