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"The exchange would, indeed, seem to be in my favour, Sir Giles," he said; "but you may believe me when I say, that though I gain these large estates, I would rather have had the damsel." "Well, let the business be completed," said Sir Giles; "and that it may be so with all dispatch, do you, Lanyere, summon Lupo Vulp to us.
Footsteps could be heard along the galleries; the stout shutters on all the openings were shaken and pounded upon; but Sunrise Camp was indeed as strong as a fortress when it was closed. Storms had beaten against it in vain, and unless the mob outside resorted to hatchets and saws, it would not be easy to break in. At last the voice of Lupo spoke from the front gallery.
Lupo repeated the prayer several times. "And it will come true?" she asked. "Always, always. Try it and see." At last the half-breed rose to her feet. The knife stood upright between them swaying on its blade. "You forgive?" she asked. "I forgive." "I will go away. I am afraid yet when the daughter comes. There is still hate here," she pointed to her temples. "But it will be gone if I stay away.
I'm beginning to feel shut in, and I want to see what's on the other side of this Chinese wall." "More Chinese walls," observed Ben gravely. "Mr. Lupo is such a restraining influence," put in Nancy. "When he's along, we have no real conversation." "He is a kind of a wet blanket," observed Percy. "You never know whether he has heard you or not.
"So you're trying to make a lady of her, are you?" Phoebe took not the slightest notice. She was watching the antics of a squirrel leaping in the branches of a giant oak tree, but she turned her eyes gratefully toward Billie, when that young woman burst out with: "She is a lady and my friend. I think you'd better go now, Mr. Lupo."
I am certain most of you have wives who would be glad to see you again after this dangerous little adventure. Jail isn't a pleasant place, you know, especially to people who are in the habit of breathing mountain air." Only six men remained now of the original number. Even Lupo had been silenced, but at the mention of wives he flared up again.
There was Captain Bludder, with his braggart air, attended by some half-dozen Alsatian bullies; Lupo Vulp, with his crafty looks; and the tipstaves all, in short, were present, excepting Clement Lanyere, and Sir Giles knew how to account for his absence.
And this was called a "camp"! What was the inside of a real house like, she wondered. "That virago!" she heard Ben say. "No wonder she drives Lupo to drink. This young lady here has saved us all and guided me back through the swamp." He indicated the barefooted girl. "I suppose we would have been there yet if she hadn't heard us call." "You must sit down," said the doctor kindly.
"Give me the deed, good Lupo," said Sir Giles, taking it from him. "It must be first executed by me there! and now your signature, Sir Francis," he added, passing the instrument to him. "Now thou shalt witness it, Lupo. 'Tis well! 'tis well!" he cried, snatching it back again, as soon as the scrivener had finished the attestation. "All is done in due form.
"You look sweet, but why have you never worn it before?" "To tell the truth, I was afraid of the scorn of Mr. Lupo," said Nancy. "All of you are just like a family, so it didn't matter, but Mr. Lupo might have thought me, well an amateur. I've been dying to wear it," she added, giving a dance step and looking down with pride at the snug-fitting skirt. "Of course, I know the skirt is a bit narrow.
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