A little, yapping bark came from the deck at her feet.
Nagaski was leaping up at his mistress. She stooped and picked him up. He
showed me his teeth and snarled.
"You really must make friends with Nagaski, Mr. Courage," she remarked,
turning away. "Come, we must go back to the others! My stepmother will
think that I am lost."
CHAPTER XXII
"LOVED I NOT HONOR MORE"
I told Guest exactly what had passed between Adele and myself, leaving
out only the personal element, at which I allowed him to guess. He was
thoughtful for some time afterwards.
"What is to be the end of it between you and her?" he asked me presently.
"Exactly on what terms do you stand at present?"
"Some day," I answered, "I shall marry her--or no other woman. As regards
other matters, I believe that she is neutral."
"You do not think, then, that she will obstruct our plans?" he asked. "Of
course, a word from her, and our journey to America can only end in
failure."
"She will not speak it," I answered confidently. "I do not know, of
course, how deeply she was involved in the schemes of those whom we may
call our enemies, but I am perfectly certain that she has finished with
them now.
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