Hector, can you get a fresh horse? And are there any
friends who would go with you?"
The sturdy young cooper did not lack in courage, and his response
was instant. "Assuredly I have a horse, Monsieur," was his reply.
"Assuredly we have friends. Six, ten, seven, h'eight person shall
go with us within the hour! But I must tell--"
Jeanne was at his elbow, catching scent of something of this,
guessing at possible danger. She broke out now into loud
expostulations at this rashness of her spouse, parent of this
progeny of theirs, thus undertaking to expose himself to midnight
dangers. Hector, none the less, shook his head.
"It is necessary that one go armed," commented Eleazar calmly. He
patted with affection the long barreled piece which lay over his
own arm.
Much of this conversation, loud and excited as it was, could not
fail to reach the ears of Josephine, who presently had joined them,
and who now heard the story of the old man, so fully confirming all
Dunwody said.
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