And I'll not be long about it." He
had empurpled in his angry vehemence, and the veins of his forehead
stood out like whipcord. Then he checked.
"You did well to follow Lord Julian's instructions," he commended
the Major. With that he turned from him, and took his lordship by
the arm. "Come, my lord. We must take order about this, you and I."
They went off together, skirting the redoubt, and so through
courtyard and garden to the house where Arabella waited anxiously.
The sight of her uncle brought her infinite relief, not only on his
own account, but on account also of Captain Blood.
"You took a great risk, sir," she gravely told Lord Julian after
the ordinary greetings had been exchanged.
But Lord Julian answered her as he had answered Major Mallard.
"There was no risk, ma'am."
She looked at him in some astonishment. His long, aristocratic
face wore a more melancholy, pensive air than usual. He answered
the enquiry in her glance:
"So that Blood's ship were allowed to pass the fort, no harm could
come to Colonel Bishop.
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