On his return from his interview with Barbara he had found awaiting him an order to proceed at once to Taunton, and in the yard without he could hear his men still busy with preparations for their early start on the morrow. But though wearied in body with his long day's work the captain felt no inclination2 for sleep, and, his thoughts still busily occupied with the events of the past few hours, he passed the time pacing his room. His promise once given, he was not the man to waste many regrets upon what was passed, yet as he thought over the affair his brows puckered3 into a frown, and he ground the stem of his pipe savagely4 between his teeth. To wink5 at the escape of a rebel was indeed no great matter in those days. He knew well to what extent corruption6 and bribery7 were rife8 among his fellow officers and how few would hesitate to allow a rebel to slip through their hands could they thereby9 help to line their pockets. From the Lord Chief Justice downwards10 the custom was openly practised. Even the Queen's maids of honour, delicate women whose sensibilities were wrung11 by the death of a beetle12, and who would have swooned at the idea of crushing a moth13, even they openly trafficked in pardons, and complained bitterly when the life ransoms14 extracted from the impoverished15 friends of the prisoners failed to satisfy their demands. But hitherto Captain Protheroe had prided himself upon keeping his fingers clean amid such general corruption, and it enraged16 him to feel that at last he too had succumbed17. Not indeed for a bribe's sake, but because a woman believed him worthy18 of her trust and his pride would not allow him to betray it.
But was it in truth for that reason alone? Might not it also be because the woman was possessed19 of a pair of wonderful eyes and knew how to use them?
"Bah!" he muttered angrily, pausing to knock the ashes from his pipe. "How a woman may play the deuce with a man's work!" Then drawing from his pocket a small bow of scarlet20 ribbon, he gazed at it for a few moments with a strange expression on his face, and with a short laugh flung it from him into a corner of the room and resumed his promenade21.
He was interrupted at length by a loud knock at the door, and at his summons Corporal Crutch22 entered to say that after diligent23 search he had discovered the missing pedlar, and that the fellow confessed to having certain matters of import to make known to the captain alone. The corporal had no desire that Captain Protheroe should hear of his first interview with Simon, feeling that his customary acuteness had slightly failed him on that occasion, and after a vain attempt to extract some information on his own account from the sulky pedlar, he was at length forced to hand the man over to his superior officer, threatening him first, however, with dire24 penalties should he breathe a word concerning their previous encounter.
"Bring the fellow in, I will see him," answered the captain, on learning that the pedlar was without.
The order was obeyed and the hawker, glancing furtively25 from side to side, was pushed rather than ushered26 into the room.
"Well, my man," Began Captain Protheroe, eyeing him sharply, "what is your business with me?"
"An it please your honour, I have information to sell to your honour concerning the hiding-place of a certain rebel."
"To sell to me!" answered the captain sternly. "It is not for a loyal subject of his Majesty27 to drive bargains with his officers. We do not buy information, we exact it."
The manner in which these words were uttered caused the hawker to modify his tone.
"May it please your honour," he whimpered, "is there no reward for the arrest of a rebel?"
"If your information be correct, and above all of value (which I greatly doubt), you shall have such money for your services as they deserve. Now for your story, and waste no more of my time."
Thus driven to a corner and moved as much by desire of vengeance28 as by greed of gold, the hawker related how he had received the letter from Sir Rupert Winslow, and the information it contained.
"Then the ladies know nought29 of the matter as yet?" enquired30 the captain.
"Nothing whatever, your honour."
"But this letter—where is it?"
"I—I have mislaid it, sir—but——"
"You are lying to me, knave," interrupted the captain coldly. "By Heaven! an I find you trying to deceive me you shall taste o' the rope's end before an hour is passed."
The hawker cowered31 before such a prospect32, and discovering after much protestation and evasion33 that the captain evidently knew more of the matter than he had expected, he decided34 to tell the truth. Thereupon he gave a full account of the transaction, up to the time of his escape from the smithy, omitting only (out of respect for the Corporal's threats) to refer to his interview with that worthy.
Captain Protheroe listened attentively35 to the narrative36, smiling slightly at the complaint of Barbara's treatment. When it was ended he turned coldly on Simon.
"That will do. You can go."
"But the reward, your honour," began the hawker nervously37.
The captain eyed him sternly.
"An I had my will with you, fellow, you should to the pillory38 as a thief and extortioner. But as, in this world, a rogue39 must be paid for his roguery, take your liberty and deem it meet reward for information which I received an hour since. Be off with you."
The hawker, with a deep, heartfelt curse, shuffled40 out of the room.
"I would that I had seen her braving the fellow," muttered the captain as he recharged his pipe.
So engrossed41 was he in his meditations42 that he paid no heed43 to a sudden clamour in the yard without, and he sprang to his feet with an oath of astonishment44 when the door was flung wide open, and the corporal burst violently into the room.
"We have him, captain!" he cried, almost dancing with eagerness, "we have him at last, the very fellow himself. Caught as clean as a bird in a net."
"What means this, sirrah?" interrupted the captain sharply. "Art mad, or drunk; or both together?"
The corporal's face fell. He pulled himself together and saluted45 in a somewhat crestfallen46 fashion.
"Your pardon, captain," he continued more calmly. "But an it please you, we have taken Sir Rupert Winslow himself."
It was now Captain Protheroe's turn to betray excitement.
"Taken Sir Rupert Winslow! Why, fellow, 'tis impossible. You are dreaming."
"Dreaming or no," answered the corporal sulkily, "he is without. We spied him skulking47 round the stables to the back o' the Inn. I doubt not wi' intent to steal a fresh horse. There we ambushed48 him. He made a fierce resistance, but," with an air of supreme49 complaisance50, "I soon overpowered him."
"The devil take the rash fool!" muttered the captain. "Well, bring him in, corporal. And do you see that the men get to rest, we must be off at daybreak to-morrow. I will see to the security of the prisoner."
The corporal saluted, and a moment later ushered his prisoner into the room.
Captain Protheroe looked up curiously51 at his entrance, and for some minutes silently surveyed him, until the prisoner, weary of such intent scrutiny52, tossed his hat on to the table, and flung himself back into a chair with a half-embarrassed, half-reckless air.
The captain broke the silence.
"This is a strange ending, sir, to so lengthy53 a chase," he said gravely.
"Ah, well! 'twas bound to end sooner or later, and as well this way as another," he answered with a short laugh. "In truth, 'twas a hole and corner business, and I am weary of it."
"You have been to visit your sister at the Manor54 House?" queried55 the captain.
The prisoner looked up haughtily56.
"My past movements are my own affairs, sir; you and I are concerned with the present alone."
"I take you, sir," answered the captain quietly. "Moreover, I understand the reason of your presence here, and I honour you for it. It is irregular, of course, but under the circumstances, I cannot refuse to give you every satisfaction."
"Satisfaction!" exclaimed the prisoner in astonishment.
"Aye, sir. You doubtless understand me."
"Not I. I have no personal quarrel with you, that I know of."
"No quarrel! Then am I wrong in supposing you to be the brother of Mistress Barbara Winslow?"
"And what then, sir," demanded the prisoner sharply. "What of her?"
Captain Protheroe shrugged57 his shoulders.
"Ah! I see I am mistaken," he replied. "I deemed, sir, you had ventured hither in order to seek me and to demand satisfaction for my behaviour towards your sister. But since——"
"Will you have the goodness to explain, sir," interrupted the prisoner fiercely.
The captain smiled calmly.
"Egad! I confess 'twas a somewhat low piece of work. But the wench was so exasperating58 and withal so pretty. And I give you my word," he added with a cynical59 laugh, "she showed no over-great reluctance60 to my kisses."
The prisoner sprang to his feet, his fists clenched61, his eyes blazing with passion.
"May Heaven have mercy on you, sir, but 'tis a most dastardly lie."
"Heaven will need have mercy on you my friend, if you give the lie so freely," answered the captain coldly. "But perchance you are willing to fight now, sir, unless"—with a laugh—"you have smaller regard for your sister's reputation than I surmised62."
"Now, by Heaven! you shall swallow your words," cried the youth, white with fury.
Captain Protheroe rose.
"I am at your service," he answered coolly. "I have two rapiers handy, there is no time like the present, and as for place, why this chamber63 will serve as well as anywhere."
The prisoner bowed assent64, and after a moment's hesitation65 flung off his cloak and turned to take his rapier.
"One moment, sir," continued the captain. "Seeing that I am in no manner bound to grant you, my prisoner, this satisfaction, before I indulge you there is one stipulation66 I would make."
"Name it."
"That the encounter be à entrance." Then seeing his opponent hesitate, he continued:
"Mark me, sir. An the advantage be mine, you shall have your choice of meeting death by my hand presently, or on the gallows67 some few weeks hence. If, on the other hand, the victory fall to you, you will doubtless use the opportunity to regain68 your freedom, and since my life must go bail69 for your safe-keeping, I claim the right to a similar choice. If you refuse these conditions I must withdraw the privilege I would confer."
"Have it as you will." cried the prisoner impatiently.
"Draw then, and defend yourself."
They took their positions and the blades crossed.
After the first few passes a look of surprise crept into Captain Protheroe's eyes as he realised his adversary's skill. He, himself, had studied the art in many countries, and knew that few swordsmen in England were his equal, yet he found this youth no mean opponent. From the outset he felt no doubt of the result—a skilled swordsman soon gauges70 the extent of his adversary's powers.
As for the prisoner, after the first fierce attack his fury subsided71, and he steadied himself to parry with eager watchfulness72 the captain's point. His eye was quick, his wrist supple73, and he was well practised in the art. But he lacked strength. Slowly he was driven backward, backward, across the room, till at length he was fighting with his foot pressed against the wall. Even then he showed no fear, nor relaxed for an instant his resolute74 defence. Suddenly the captain's wrist seemed to relax its merciless strain and with a quick movement the prisoner had twisted the blade from his grasp and it flew with a clatter75 among the furniture of the room.
Captain Protheroe clasped his hands behind his back, and fixing his eyes full on his opponent's face waited what should follow.
The prisoner stood for a space staring at him in silence, the expression of his face changing from astonishment to triumph, from triumph to deep dismay. Then he dropped the point of his rapier and turned away.
"HE DROPPED THE POINT OF HIS RAPIER AND TURNED AWAY"
"HE DROPPED THE POINT OF HIS RAPIER AND TURNED AWAY"
"'Tis enough, I am satisfied."
"But pardon me, sir, I am not," answered Captain Protheroe drily. "Methinks you have forgotten my stipulation."
The prisoner bit his lip and answered coldly: "I do not choose to comply with it; nor do I hold with such folly76."
"'Tis a pity you did not express that opinion before, sir. Yet there remains77 no choice for you. I prefer death by the sword to death by the scaffold. I am ready. You will therefore carry out our contract at once, or forfeit78 all claim to be counted a man of honour."
The prisoner flushed angrily and once more raised his rapier. But meeting the quiet smile and steady gaze of his opponent he dropped the weapon upon the table and turned away.
"You must wait. I cannot kill you now."
"Your reason, sir?"
"I—I am not in a killing79 humour."
Captain Protheroe's lips twitched80, but he answered gravely:
"Then may I beg you, sir, to overcome your humour without delay."
The prisoner breathed quickly and was silent.
Then Captain Protheroe laughed quietly. "Ah, well! from time immemorial women have loved to delay their coup-de-grace. You but carry out the traditions of your sex, madame."
The prisoner turned to the captain a pair of wide blue eyes filled with horrified81 amazement82.
"Ah! I thought I could not be mistaken, Mistress Barbara," continued the captain, smiling. "Pray be seated, you must be worn out with fatigue83."
Barbara sank unresisting into the chair he pushed forward, and drooped84 her head in silence.
"May I ask, madame, to what cause I owe the honour of this visit?" queried the captain politely.
"Cicely said—we thought——" she began. Then recovering herself she continued firmly. "I had a suspicion that you might play me false, and might even now be about to set out to arrest Rupert."
"Indeed! So you affected85 this—er—disguise to prevent our departure. Is it so, madame?"
"I knew no other way," muttered Barbara.
"I gave you my word."
"Aye, but I liked not the manner in which you gave it. You—you angered me."
"That is a pity," he answered quietly. Then seating himself on the edge of the table beside her, he eyed her coolly, and continued with a slight drawl. "Ah, well! the resemblance is certainly a strong one. Sir Rupert, methinks, is a trifle broader in the chest, and—there be one or two more details," he added, slowly surveying her figure.
Barbara drooped her head still lower, and flushed angrily at the veiled insolence86 of his tone.
"You will wonder how I noted87 the difference," continued the captain. "The fact is, as I was riding home alone, after my visit to the Manor House, I chanced to encounter the real Sir Rupert, and we had some conversation together."
"You met Rupert!" cried Barbara, forgetting all in her astonishment. "Oh! where is he?"
"He should by this well-nigh have reached the coast."
"Alone?"
"Alone, madame."
"So you have kept your promise?" she cried in amazement.
"Yes, Mistress Barbara, strange though it may seem to you, I have. It is a pity you did not trust me, you would have spared yourself the inconvenience of this—masquerade."
The covert88 sneer89 in his tone stung her to a sudden anger.
"And why should I trust you?" she cried haughtily. "You are my enemy."
"I was your enemy, madame, but I had believed myself now to have some claim upon your trust and friendship."
"I see not upon what you base such a belief," she answered still in anger.
"Why else, madame, think you, did I set your brother free?"
"I have but your word concerning that transaction," she answered scornfully. "You were alone when you encountered Rupert."
"Certainly. What follows?"
"My brother, Captain Protheroe, hath his sword."
"A sword!" he laughed. "Why so have I, madame."
"Verily, sir," she answered with a mocking laugh, "yonder it lies."
Captain Protheroe, in astonishment, glanced from her face of triumph to the distant corner where lay his discarded rapier.
"Damnation!" he muttered with a short angry laugh. "I had forgot."
"Aye, so I thought, sir," she answered, smiling scornfully. "And my brother is a better swordsman than I. Yet 'twas a prettily90 conceived story."
"Mistress Barbara, in good truth, I swear——"
"I have already heard more oaths this evening than I am accustomed to," she interrupted. "I will not trouble you to further tax your powers. I wish you good-evening, sir."
She rose to depart, but he stepped quickly before her, and leaned his back against the door.
"A moment, madame, I beg," he said, his voice harsh with anger. "Since it has pleased you to withdraw your trust in me, I see not that I am any longer bound to respect your confidence. 'Tis but an hour since I parted from Sir Rupert. He can yet be overtaken."
Barbara raised a terrified face to his.
"Oh, no! You could not do that," she said.
"And wherefore not?"
"Oh, because—because——" she faltered91.
"Well, madame, your reason?" he demanded again harshly.
Barbara flung up her head defiantly92, and snatching her rapier from the table raised the point to his breast.
"Because, sir, by your own showing," she replied, facing him boldly, "your life is now mine, to do with as I will. Make one motion towards my brother's undoing93, and I swear by Heaven I will run you through as blithely94 as ever I ran needle into cloth."
For a space they stood thus, she with face alight with excitement, he staring down with astonished admiration95 into her blazing eyes.
Then he laughed quietly.
"Pardon me, Mistress Barbara," he said, eyeing her coolly. "Your doublet is awry96."
Instantly she dropped her rapier, her hands flew to her waist, she looked down in deep consternation97. All her newborn resolution had vanished, she was but a woman once more.
"My doublet is not your concern, sir," she muttered.
"Your pardon, madame," he answered pleasantly. "I should in truth have thought a doublet rather my concern than yours; but as you will. If you prefer to wear it thus, of course——"
"I—I knew not exactly how it should be worn," she faltered, glancing doubtfully at her figure. Then recollecting98 herself she continued angrily. "My dress is my own affair, sir. Why should I not play the Rosalind, an it so please me?"
"No reason whatever, Mistress Barbara," he continued lightly. "I can only rejoice at my good fortune in being present at the performance. By my faith, the dress becomes you wondrous100 well." And again he submitted her to a critical survey from head to foot.
Her head drooped, her breast heaved, and turning suddenly from him she sank into a chair and burying her face in her outstretched arms upon the table, she burst into bitter sobs101.
Captain Protheroe regarded her doubtfully.
"Woman's last weapon?" he queried with a cynical laugh.
The sobs redoubled in force; they shook her whole body.
"Come, come!" he protested roughly, "this is useless, madame. I have already once this evening had the pleasure of seeing your tears; I know their value. Besides, you should bear in mind your character; tears are ill-suited to doublet and hose."
Still she sobbed102 on, unheeding.
He moved impatiently and hummed a tune99 which quickly wandered away into incoherence. "I would I knew if it were counterfeit103," he muttered.
Still she wept, with quick-drawn breath, and short, gasping104, helpless sobs, very terrible to a man's ears.
He took two steps towards her, and then paused. "No," he muttered. "I will not. She hath already duped me twice, I will be hanged if I let her do so again. 'Tis but counterfeit."
He turned from her resolutely106 and seating himself with his back to her waited stolidly107 until she should see fit to relinquish108 this last design.
Minute after minute passed. Soon the sobs died away.
"Ah, good!" he thought with a smile. "So my lady has decided to try another plan."
He waited impatiently for her next move. There was no sound in the room save an occasional sobbing109 gasp105.
At last he could wait no longer, but rising quickly hurried to her side. Her eyes were closed and she lay very still. Then he listened for the regular breathing. There was no doubt of the matter, she was asleep, asleep as peacefully as an infant.
"So it was no counterfeit," he muttered slowly; "she hath sobbed herself to sleep. What a brute110 she must think me! What a brute I am!"
He stood close beside her gazing down at the graceful111 yielding figure, at the dark lashes112 curling on to the flushed, tear-stained cheeks, at the rosy113 half-opened mouth, at the loose mass of hair framing her perfect face. His breath came fast, his heart beat quickly.
Suddenly he turned from her and hurried from the room, locking the door behind him. Away from the room, away from the Inn, away to the river-bordered meadow behind. And there he paced the night through, puffing unconsciously at an unlighted pipe, until the first rays of dawn softened114 the sky.
Before he set out he crept once more into the room where Barbara still lay asleep. He paused first to throw a cloak gently over the form of the sleeping girl, then he turned to pick up his sword and collect his papers.
But ere he left the room he hesitated once more, and turning strode into the far corner. Here he knelt down and searched eagerly for a certain knot of scarlet ribbon, which being found, he folded carefully and with a short half-shamed laugh, placed in the pocket of his doublet.
So Captain Protheroe and his men rode from the village. But Barbara slept on peacefully, while the sunbeams stole into the room and played with her dark curls. And there an hour later Phoebe found her, when, in answer to a message sent by the captain ere he left, she came down from the Manor House to search for her missing lady.
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