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Not until darkness was falling about them did Jean drop near enough to speak again. Then he shouted: "Another hour and we reach Snowbird River, M'sieur. That is four miles from Adare House. But ahead of us the wind rushes across a wide sweep of the lake. Shall we hazard it?" "Yes, yes," cried the girl, answering for Philip. "We must go on!" Without another word Croisset led the way.
"But I didn't think it meant HER. My God, if they have harmed her " His breath seemed choking him. "They dare not!" breathed Philip. John Adare looked into the white fear of the other's face. There was no hiding of it: the same terrible dread that was in his own. "If they should, we will kill them by inches, Philip!" he whispered. "We will cut them into bits that the moose-birds can carry away.
I had gone ashore at Cape Adare as a sub-lieutenant on January 8, 1903, to leave a record, and I remember that we had literally to trample on the penguins to get across the beach to Borchgrevink's hut how interesting it all was, my first landing on this inhospitable continent: my impressions left a wonderful memory of mouse-coloured, woolly little young of the Adelie penguin I even remember taking one away and trying unsuccessfully to bring it up.
Issuing from Limerick, Essex marched southward to strengthen the stronghold of Askeaton, into which he succeeded, after a severe skirmish by the way, in throwing supplies. Proceeding to victual Adare, he experienced a similar check, losing among others Sir Henry Norris, the third of those brave brothers who had fallen a victim to these Irish wars.
Twice he went to the big room and found that Adare himself had yielded to the exhaustion of the long trip up from civilization, and was asleep. He accompanied Metoosin to the pit and assisted in chaining the dogs, but Metoosin was taciturn and uncommunicative.
I will go with you, for I have taken the care of baby from Moanne to-night. Her husband is sick." Adare shook hands with Philip. "I'm up mornings before the owls have gone to sleep," he said. "Will you breakfast with me? I'm afraid that if you wait for Miriam and Mignonne you will go hungry. They will sleep until noon to make up for to-night." "Nothing would suit me better," declared Philip.
They shook hands, and his hand was heavy and lifeless. His shoulders seemed to droop a little more, and his voice was unnatural when he spoke. "You did not go to bed until quite late last night, Philip?" "Yes, it was late, Mon Pere." For a moment Adare was silent, his head bowed, his eyes on the floor. He did not raise his gaze when he spoke again.
What she heard was the wailing cry of the dog pack, her pack, following over the trail which her abductors had made in their flight from Adare House! A few steps away she saw a heavy stick in the snow. Fiercely she tore it loose, ran back to the men, and began striking blindly at those who were choking the life from Philip.
But you must be mad. And I am mad for listening to you. You insist on giving this murderer another chance. You as much as say that by giving him a second opportunity to kill John Adare you are proving your loyalty to Josephine and her father. Can that be anything but madness?" An almost gentle smile nickered over Jean's lips.
"I don't like to see the little beggar like that," he said, taking to shake off his own and Philip's fears with a smile. "It was Mignonne who scared me her face. She has nursed so many sick babies that it frightened me to see her so white. I thought he might be dying." "Cutting teeth, mebby," volunteered Philip. "Too young," replied Adare. "Or a touch of indigestion, That brings fever."
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