Part 27 (1/2)
”But if she will not?”
”Then I will not hear it”
”There irl left the room, evidently not satisfied
Presently there was a shuffling of aged feet in the big, bare outside hall Helka turned, and her eyes flashed angrily
”Go behind the screen,” she said to Cora ”If she wants to see you, she must have ypsy woman entered
”I told you not to come,” said Helka
”But I had to It is----”
She stopped and looked over the room carefully
”Oh, she is here,” said the queen, ”but you are not to see her”
”Why?”
”Because I have said so You know my laws”
The old wo young queen But her clinched fist was hidden in her apron
”Helka, if they take this house they take you”
”Who is going to take it now?”
”The new tribe They have sent word We ht mean more freedom for Helka But she must be cautious--this old woman was the backbone of all the tribes, and every word she spoke ypsies She was all-powerful, in spite of Helka's pretended power
”They cannot take my house,” said Helka finally ”I have the oath of ownershi+p”
The wo for Cora, and she knew very well that the stolen girl was back of that screen She wanted to see her, to knohat she looked like in daylight; also to kno she was behaving
”What did she say about Salvo?” hissed the wo of hi He should be sent to jail”
This was a daring remark, and Helka almost wished she had not made it
The eyes of the old woer