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"Sir Cuthbert, here," he said, pointing to the young knight, who was sorrowfully kneeling by his bedside, "is as a son to me. The relationship by blood is but slight, but by affection it is as close as though he were mine own. I have, as your Majesty knows, no male heirs, and my daughter is but young, and will now be a royal ward.
The ascent was long and difficult, and in spite of the praises which the host had bestowed upon the road, it was so steep that Cuthbert was, for the most part, obliged to walk, leading his steed, whose feet slipped on the smooth rock, and as in many places a false step would have thrown them down many hundreds of feet into the valley below, Cuthbert judged it safer to trust himself to his own feet.
It was now a year since they had left England, and Cuthbert had much grown and widened out in the interval, and had never neglected an opportunity of practising with arms; and the earl was well aware that he should obtain as efficient assistance from him in time of need as he could desire.
"Why, Robert sent word down by his daughter Nancy and she said you wanted a girl didn't she Flora Jane?" appealing to her daughter who had come out to the steps. "She certainly did, Miss Cuthbert," corroborated Flora Jane earnestly. "I'm dreadful sorry," said Mrs. Spencer. "It's too bad; but it certainly wasn't my fault, you see, Miss Cuthbert.
At that moment Father Cuthbert entered the room unannounced. "Pardon me, my revered lady," he began; "but I grieve to say that your safety demands instant action, and must excuse my intrusion; your life and liberty are no longer safe here." "Life and liberty?" "There is some foul plot to detain you all here, on pretence your safety requires it.
It will be pleasant to me to make the acquaintance of monsieur. And now, Miss Brander, I must be going." As he sauntered back into the city, Cuthbert met an English resident with whom he had some slight acquaintance. "So you are not among the great army of deserters, Mr. Phipson?" "No, I thought it better to stay here and see it out.
Without another word Cuthbert was hurried off to his cell, and there remained, thinking moodily over the events of the day, until nightfall. He had no doubt that his sentence would be carried out, and his anxiety was rather for his followers than for himself.
For upward of a month Cuthbert remained steadily at work, and during that time no possible plan of escape had occurred to him, and he had indeed resigned himself to wait, either until, as he hoped, the city would be taken by the Christians, or until he himself might be removed from his present post and sent into the country, where, although his lot would doubtless be far harder, some chance of escape might open before him.
Harrington," the lawyer said, eagerly. "I have six thousand pounds invested in securities I could realize at once." Cuthbert was silent again. "Mr.
"You are going to accuse me of having been on the spot?" Juliet could restrain herself no longer. "I saw you myself," she burst out; "I was there also." Cuthbert was so surprised by this admission that astonishment held him silent for a moment. He never expected to hear that Juliet herself had been on the spot. Seeing this, she went on quickly. "Now you can understand why I held my tongue.
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