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"Like as peas in a pod," exclaimed Soolsby "all but one, all but one, and never satisfied with what was in their own garden, but peeking, peeking beyond the hedge, and climbing and getting a fall. That's what they've always been evermore."
"I did not expect my lady so soon," she said, surprised. "No; we came sooner than we expected. Where have you been?" "At Soolsby's hut on the hill, my lady." "Who is Soolsby?" Kate told her all she knew, and of what had happened that afternoon but not all.
Eglington lit a cigarette, and took away the shade from his eyes. "Well, now, what is your experiment?" he asked, "and why bring it here? Didn't you know the way to the stables or the scullery?" "I knew my way better here," answered Soolsby, steadying himself. "Ah, you've been here often?" asked Eglington nonchalantly, yet feeling for the cause of this midnight visit.
After a moment he continued: "Do you mind my smoking?" Soolsby did not reply, but sat down again. He watched Eglington light a cigar and stretch out his hands to the wood fire with an air of comfort. A silence followed. Eglington appeared to forget the other's presence, and to occupy himself with thoughts that glimmered in the fire. At last Soolsby said moodily: "What have you come for, my lord?"
"Me and Kimber! Me and Kimber!" he roared, "and neither of us drunk for a year not drunk for a whole year. Me and Kimber and him!" Faith put her hand on his shoulder. "Indeed, I see no joke, but only that which makes my heart thankful, Soolsby." "Ay, you will be thankful, you will be thankful, by-and-by," he said, still chuckling, and stood up respectfully to show her out.
I think you'll see that you will do a good thing to let it all be. Luke Claridge, if he was up and well, wouldn't thank you for it have you got any right to give him trouble, too? Besides, I've saved his life to-night, and... and perhaps I might save yours, Soolsby, if it was in danger." Soolsby's hand had moved slightly. It was only an inch from the wire.
"There is so much to do, they may not let me come not soon. I am going into the desert again." Soolsby was shaking. He spoke huskily. "Here is your place," he said. "You shall come back Oh, but you shall come back, here, where you belong." David shook his head and smiled, and clasped the strong hand again. A moment later he was gone.
I held my peace, not for him, but for her for the promise I made her when she smiled at me and said: 'If I shouldn't be seeing thee again, Soolsby, remember; and if thee can ever prove a friend to the child that is to be, prove it. And I will prove it now. He must come back to his own. Right's right, and I will have it so.
With no apparent relevancy, and laying his hand on Faith's shoulder, he said: "We have done according to our conscience by Davy God is our witness, so!" She leaned her cheek against his hand, but did not speak. In Soolsby's hut upon the hill David sat talking to the old chair-maker. Since his return he had visited the place several times, only to find Soolsby absent.
"What is your name, and where do you come from?" she asked, not without anxiety, for there was something ominous and suggestive in the old man's face. "I come from Hamley, in England, and my name is Soolsby, your grace. I come to see my Lady Eglington." Now she remembered him. She had seen him in Hamley more than once. "You have come far; have you important news for her ladyship?
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