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No: Marc'antonio and Stephanu lay a few paces away, stretched in profound sleep under the moonlight drifting between the olive boughs; and yonder, past the fringe of the orchard, shone the patch of white high road. Two figures, half a minute since, had passed along it. I could be sworn to it, even while reason insisted that I had been dreaming.
"We do not count, I and Stephanu. Her brother she adores. But the rest of men she hates, cavalier, and with good cause." "Then it had better be hate?" "Yes, yes" and there was appeal in his voice "it had a thousand times better be hate, could such a miracle happen." He peered into my eyes for a moment, and shook his head. "But it is not hate, cavalier; you do not deceive me. And since it is not "
In dress and bearing they were not to be distinguished from Marc'antonio, Stephanu, or any of the bandits on the mountain. Each man carried a musket and each wore the jacket and breeches of sad-coloured velvet, the small cap and leathern leggings, which I afterwards learnt to be the uniform of patriotic Corsica.
The newcomers, having satisfied their hunger, did likewise. Stephanu gave the great pot a stir, unhitched it from the brandice, and bore it away, leaving the Princess and Marc'antonio the only two wakeful ones beside the fire. They were smarting, too, from the smoke of the burnt wood.
When we told him that you were here in Genoa, he looked at us for a moment like a man distraught did he not, Stephanu?" "One would have said he was going to faint," Stephanu corroborated. "I think, with all his faults, he is terrified for your sake, for the risk you run.
But it appeared that, if we kept good watch on him, others had been keeping better; for, five minutes later, as we stood debating whether to follow him into the theatre, Marc'antonio and Stephanu emerged from its portico and came towards us. "O Princess," said Marc'antonio, "we have seen him at length and had word with him.
"We hope, Princess, that there will be no need," he answered seriously, and, saluting once more, turned on his heel. Stephanu also saluted and turned, and the pair, falling into step, went from us across the clearing. I watched them till their forms disappeared in the undergrowth, and turned to my bride. "And now, Princess, I believe you have something to say to me. Shall it be here?
"In safe keeping, O Prince. I beg leave to say, too, that it was I who found it in the Englishmen's camp and brought it to the Princess." "You shall have your reward, my good Stephanu. You shall put the bearer, too, into safe keeping. Stand back, take your gun, and shoot me this dog, here beside his grave." The Princess stepped forward. "Stephanu," she said quietly, "you will put down that gun."
"I warn you, O Marc'antonio," said the Princess, "to be wise and ask no more questions." "I have asked none, O Princess," he answered again, still very gravely, and after a glance at me turned to Stephanu. "But it runs in my head, comrade, that the time has come to consider other things than wisdom." "For example?" I challenged him sharply.
"Very poor company, lad, and by name Stephanu. That hatchet-faced Prince Camillo chose him out for a guide to me " Billy paused, with his mouth open for a bite. "Why, whatever is the matter?" he asked; for I had turned to translate this to Marc'antonio, and Marc'antonio had started up with a growl and an oath. "Did Stephanu come willingly?" I asked.
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