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The latter alternative was held to be preferable. To bring it about the same methods were to be continued which had been used prior to and during the war namely, the use of agents provocateurs to corrupt the ignorant and incite the lawless, the instigation of Indian massacres to daunt the brave, and the distribution of gold to buy the avaricious.
Now that there has been substituted for it the spectacle of a universe necessarily or fatally evolving or, as we have said, progressing does it not, while still evoking the old awe or reverence, do anything but still daunt and dishearten us? What is our part, we ask, our very own part within all this? What can we within it do?
But fear, whether of this world or the next, could not long daunt the mind of the hardy freebooter; and, after a short hesitation, he resolved to make a digression from his way, and ascertain the cause of the phenomenon.
And so they faced each other, the stranger pale and coldly self-possessed, the Earl, his slender figure erect, one hand in the bosom of his shabby coat, his countenance placid, though frowning a little, but in his eyes a glare to daunt the boldest. "Devereux!" he repeated in the same leisured, even tone. "Murderer ravisher, I followed you, and by God you have betrayed yourself!"
"Are you sure?" "Yes." "What do you propose to do, then? Tell me." "Harkaway has a son a mere youth." "I know it." "Well, this boy is a dare-devil, bold and fearless lad; nothing can daunt him. He is, in fact, what his hated father was when first I knew him, years and years ago." A faint and half-suppressed sigh escaped him as he uttered this. "What of this boy?"
A very pleasant voice behind her said: "I do think it's so splendid of you to come!" A girl in grey was standing there thin, delicate, rather plain, with a nose ever so little to one side, lips faintly smiling, and large, shining, greenish eyes. "I am Mary Daunt. I live above you. Have you had some tea?"
The Hardwick mill was a large one; to the mountain-bred girl it seemed endless, while its clamour and roar was a thing to daunt.
The little crew kept sturdily at the oars, facing what was a situation serious enough to daunt even the strongest men. These Alaskan storms are dangerous even to the most powerful vessels, and no coast in the world has a longer record of shipwreck and lost vessels of which no trace ever is found.
But the prospect did not daunt him and, as his danger became greater, his brain became clearer. Apparently without effort, Chester was bounding over the plains. Noting this, an idea flashed into Bob's mind and he called the dog to him. As he approached, Bob took a firm grip with his right hand in the mass of hair on Chester's shoulders, exclaiming: "You've got to help me run, boy.
Durst I counsel my lord I would pray him, as a matter of policy, to baffle this astute and proud Earl. He would fain have the King feast in public, that he might daunt him and the Church with the array of his friends."
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