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"It is not so bad as it looks, Nellie," Cyril said. "Not that I know how it looks, for I have not seen myself in a glass since I left here; but I can guess that I am an unpleasant object to look at." Mrs. Dowsett made a sign to Nellie to be silent. "John told us that you were badly burned and were all wrapped up in bandages, but we did not expect to find you so changed.
Maybe by the time you wake again Captain Dave and the others will be back from their cruise." It was dark when Cyril woke at the sound of the bell. He heard voices and movements without, and then the door was quietly opened. "I am awake," he said. "You see I have taken you at your word, and come back to be patched up." "You are heartily welcome," Mrs. Dowsett said. "Nellie, bring the light.
Nellie looked with great approval at Cyril as he came downstairs in a full Court dress. Since the avowal she had made of her fault she had recovered much of her brightness. She bustled about the house, intent upon the duties she had newly taken up, to the gratification of Mrs. Dowsett, who protested that her occupation was gone. "Not at all, mother.
Go not forth from the shelter of these doors till you can do so a sound man, and then make hasty and swift flight for London, where perchance you may be safe. These terrible robbers are not to be smiled at; they are cunning and cruel and crafty beyond belief. I shiver even for myself whenever I think of that terrible Simon Dowsett, whom they call Devil's Own."
And then Jack, with the sort of rude eloquence sometimes found in his class, told of his wooing of the robber's daughter; told of her hatred and loathing of the scenes she was forced to witness, of the life she was forced to lead; told of her fierce father's fierce love gradually waning and turning to anger as he discovered that she was not pliable material in his hands, to be bent to his stern will; told how he had of late wished to wed her to the terrible Simon Dowsett, and how she had felt at last that flight alone with her own lover could save her from that fate.
As soon as they had breakfasted, Captain Watson, his son, Captain Dowsett, Nellie, and Cyril took their places in the boat, and were rowed up the river. An exclamation burst from them all as they saw how fast the flames had travelled since the previous evening. "St. Paul's is on fire!" Cyril exclaimed. "See! there are flames bursting through its roof.
Not a house in the place but had suffered from them, not a farmer but had complaints to make of hen roost robbed or beasts driven off in the night. Others had darker tales to tell; and Will Ives clenched his fists and vowed that he would be glad indeed to see the day when he and Simon Dowsett might meet face to face in equal combat.
Cyril accompanied the lawyer to the door, and then returned upstairs. "Now I can speak," Captain Dowsett said. "I have had hard work to keep a stopper on my tongue all this time, for I have been well-nigh bursting to congratulate you. I wish you joy, my lad," and he wrung Cyril's hand heartily, "and a pleasant voyage through life.
"Yes; you need not worry about him, Captain Dowsett." They then turned to the boy. "You will be moved away from the others, Tom," Captain Dave said, "and Mr. Holroyd has promised to make you comfortable." "Oh, Captain Dave," the boy burst out, "will you forgive me?
"Then your kindness to Nellie well-nigh cost you your life," Mrs. Dowsett said, laying her hand on his shoulder, while the tears stood in her eyes. "And you never told us this before!" "There was nothing to tell," Cyril replied.
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