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"You are pledged!" she cried. "I must do what I can," I answered. She staggered away from me. "God help us both!" she murmured. I would have caught her to me again, but a dark figure was coming slowly down the deck. A little, yapping bark came from the deck at her feet. Nagaski was leaping up at his mistress. She stooped and picked him up. He showed me his teeth and snarled.
She led the way on to the terrace. A few paces behind, Nagaski, with drooping head and depressed mien, followed us. When we halted, he sat upon his haunches and watched me. "Nagaski," I remarked, "does not seem to be quite himself to-day." "It is your presence," she answered, "which affects him. He dislikes you." I looked at him thoughtfully.
"I will tell you exactly what I think," I answered. She dismissed me with a little nod. I went in search of Adele, but could find no trace of her in any of the rooms. At last, in one of the corridors, I heard Nagaski barking, and found him sitting outside the closed door of a small reading-room. Directly I moved towards him, however, he flew at me, and seized my trousers between his teeth.
Adele turned to my cousin and her face was as pale as death. "There was only one person in the world," she said, "to whom Nagaski used to behave like that. Sir Gilbert! what is there behind that curtain? I insist upon knowing. If there have been listeners to our conversation, it will cost me my life." I stepped out. It seemed to me that concealment was no longer possible.
His eyes were fierce with anger, his whole skin seemed to be quivering with excitement. At the sound of his angry growls, the door was opened, and Adele appeared. "Nagaski, you naughty dog!" she exclaimed. Nagaski let go of my trousers, but continued to growl. Adele stooped to pick him up, and he immediately attempted to lick her face.
I asked. "Of course! I should never have counted upon you as a possible tool! I saw you strain every nerve in your body to catch a ball, and I judged you by your pursuits, and all this has come of it. Nagaski was right. We go ill together, you and I, and one of us must suffer." "I can only pray then," I answered, as I handed her into the carriage, "that it may be I."
She was within a few feet of me. I heard the rustle of her gown, a faint perfume of violets reached me, and then the sharp yap of Nagaski, as Gilbert tried to include him in his welcome. Softly I stole a little closer to the curtain, and peered into the room. Now I was never an emotional person, but there was a mist gathering before my eyes when at last I saw her.
What I was going to do for the sake of you dead, I shall do now for the sake of you living. You and I are allies!" "Pour la vie!" I answered, kissing her fingers; "you see even Nagaski is becoming reconciled to me." She smiled and patted his head. "At any rate," she said, "but for him I should not have found you! I wonder " I answered her unspoken question.
"You really must make friends with Nagaski, Mr. Courage," she remarked, turning away. "Come, we must go back to the others! My stepmother will think that I am lost." I told Guest exactly what had passed between Adele and myself, leaving out only the personal element, at which I allowed him to guess. He was thoughtful for some time afterwards.
I, at least, must keep faith with the living. I offer you a chance of safety, and I beg you to take it. I can do no more." There was a sharp, little yap from Nagaski. We looked around, Lady Dennisford had come out. We turned towards her. Nagaski trotted on ahead. His demeanor was generally more brisk, and his expression one of relief.
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