CHAPTER XXVI. “You can count upon me, Nigel,” she said. It is but a wild threat. She gulped for air merely, for it had been difficult to breathe with his hand almost cutting off the supply to her lungs. "Curse him!" muttered Abraham. This was automatically rather than thoughtfully done; habit. ’ Gerald stood back, and watched her cross the room to the closed French doors. She forced herself not to think of John. In a few seconds, the shutter flew open,—then the window,—and they were in the room. He perceived clearly enough, that the chase was moving quickly; and he was also aware, from the increased rapidity with which the oars were urged, that every exertion was made on board to get out of the reach of her pursuers. He was certain that those lips of hers had never known the natural and pardonable simper of youth. ” “But, my dear Peter!” said Miss Stanley. So the talk went on, and presently they were criticising novelists, and certain daring essays of Wilkins got their due share of attention, and then they were discussing the future of the theatre. She looked paler than ever; but her countenance, though bewildered, did not exhibit the alarm which might naturally have been anticipated from the strange and perplexing scene presented to her view. His next occupation was to take out his pistols, examine the priming, and rub the flints.
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