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Alton understood that Thorne was talking to cover any embarrassment he may have felt, but was not especially grateful just then. "No," he said; "a rifle-shot." He fancied that Thorne was a trifle astonished, and remembered Seaforth's story, but they had gained the head of the stairway now, and he looked at Alice Deringham as he added, "And the effect will not wear off."
By a quick and unexpected march, Montrose hastened to Innerlochy, and presented himself in order of battle before the surprised but not affrightened Covenanters. Argyle alone, seized with a panic, deserted his army, who still maintained their ground, and gave battle to the royalists. Seaforth's army dispersed of itself, at the very terror of his name.
"I left it in the deerhide bag in the canoe." Seaforth's limbs were too stiff to be much use to him yet, and he blundered amidst the boulders, falling over one or two, before he reached the shingle where they had partly drawn out the canoe.
He remembered his previous distrust of her, and that it was to save his comrade she had come. "No," he said quietly; "you must rest and sleep before you go to him." Alice Deringham smiled a little, but there was a vibration in her voice that stirred the man. "Do you think I could?" This time there was no mistaking the faint haziness in Seaforth's eyes. "God bless you," he said simply.
Seaforth's eyes seemed to grow a little misty, and Alice Deringham, who suddenly looked aside, wondered whether it was only the effect of weariness. Whatever he felt, he, however, quietly poured something into a cup and handed it to her. "But you must eat," he said.
At this moment Ingoldsby had nearly spoiled all by making a false step: the sound attracted Seaforth's attention he paused and turned; and, as the full moon shed her light directly upon his pale and troubled features, Tom marked, almost with dismay, the fixed and rayless appearance of his eyes: There was no speculation in those orbs That he did glare withal.
In a moment the flames began to crackle and the smoke to ascend. Then, as if satisfied with their work, the brown rascals set out at a steady trot in the direction of Seaforth's. "Men," spoke Lieutenant Prescott, in a low voice, "it would have been fine to have poured a volley into those wretches, but it would have told their main body our exact location.
Old Mr Seaforth's house stood at that time on the little point, just beyond the curve of the river, at the foot of which our own house stands, and as the river continued to rise, Mr Seaforth went about actively securing his property.
"Those men are marching to Bantoc to keep order in the town," replied Captain Cortland. "Tell me, as quickly as you can, what is wrong at Seaforth's." "We were attacked just before daylight this morning," Edwards replied weakly. "In force?" pressed the post commander. "Just at a guess there must have been two or three hundred of the Malay fiends." "Any of the defending party killed?"
In any case, there was no word of any other woman." Alton drew in his breath. "No," he said simply. "Thank God, there never was another." Seaforth's expression perplexed his comrade, and his voice was a trifle strained. "Yes," he said. "That is a good deal to be thankful for, Harry." Alton looked at him thoughtfully in silence for a space.
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