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To call now for the second time would rouse all manner of suspicions. An hour later, drenched and in despair, he entered a post office and telegraphed to Alan, postponing his visit for twenty-four hours. Then he went home, and after worrying his mother by making a miserable dinner, went forth again, and, having changed his mind, returned to Earl's Gate.
Alan and Jock, who had seen and heard all that Jean had, were now tearing at top speed through the woods and knew from answering whistles that Jean and Sandy were on the way to the boat. The man had by this time reached the camp and was staring at the blue chalk-marks on the rock, as if unable to believe his own eyes. He did not stop there long.
"And now, my friends," said he in the morning, "these bandages and a little food and good companionship have worked wonders. We are all ourselves again. But we can't stay here, pleasant as it is. Alan ought not to travel for another day and then he ought to have some husky attendant. Bob, you are nominated for that job.
It is a lovely day, Francis, and Richmond is a very pretty place, otherwise I wouldn't bother you about it." "No trouble, sir. At what time shall I be back?" Dorian looked at Campbell. "How long will your experiment take, Alan?" he said, in a calm, indifferent voice. The presence of a third person in the room seemed to give him extraordinary courage. Campbell frowned, and bit his lip.
Here he repeated to me once again what had been agreed upon between us: the address of the lawyer, the daily hour at which Alan might be found, and the signals that were to be made by any that came seeking him. "Well, good-bye," said Alan, and held out his left hand. "Good-bye," said I, and gave the hand a little grasp, and went off down hill.
Then she looked up frankly. "I haven't said anything because I didn't know what to say. He is Alan Massey, the artist. I met him at Carlotta's. He wants to marry me." "But you have not already accepted him?" "No, I couldn't. He he isn't the kind of man you would want me to marry. He is trying to be, for my sake though. I think he will succeed.
It was dark, too, except where the sunshine, breaking through the thick branches overhead, made spots of golden light upon the pine-needles. "It's almost solemn; isn't it?" said Jean to Alan in a hushed voice. "I was never so far in the woods before." "I wonder which side of the burn the boys went. If we should take the wrong side, we might not find them," said Alan. "Let's whistle," said Jean.
"If I reveal to you what I know of this philosopher and his work, you shall pledge yourself to betray nothing, to say nothing not so much as a hint that I knew him whether I am alive or dead." Now and then in his life Alan had acted from pure blind instinct. This was the blindest, blackest place it had ever led him to. He did not hesitate. "I promise," he said.
He said, "If Dawinisan does not want to look at me from the window, and if I die it is her fault, for I came here because of her." The alan who saw that Asbinan was a beautiful young boy, said, "If you will not go to look at him, we are going to leave you, for we fear that he is going to die because of you."
This was a vital procedure; in case anyone were accidentally left behind, it would mean permanent separation from his friends and family. He had reached the name Donnell, Steve. No answer came. Captain Donnell called his name a second time, then a third. A tense silence prevailed in the Common Room of the starship, where the Crew was assembled. Finally Alan made himself break the angry silence.
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