There was respect in Sir Francis'seyes as he said, Well done, my boy. The ground ahead rose up so steeply that the horse could not take itstraight up, and the path began to zigzag across the slope. They watched her bow and curtsy to the ebbwith a stately grace, and then Hal spoke again. Then he was distracted by another soft sound from behind him.
When theywere out of sight of the camp, they sat close together on the rockybank. The crocodiles areunharmed and still ready to fall upon any of us who goes near thewater. Like a pit full of bears at feeding time, theywanted blood. More men here! Cumbrae's voice resounded across the lagoon, as hesent others to take the places of the dead.
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