Part 27 (1/2)
”The candle is out; light it again, landlord,” said the boy, and then when it had burnt up he pointed with the revolver to the spot where the fly had been and where now there was a hole ”I do not think I missed”
”Leave us, landlord,” said Ellerey ”It was the deciding of a foolish boast”
The lad slipped the revolver into his pocket again and refolded his arster,” Ellerey said ”Do you think such boastfulness fits you for such work as ours?”
”There are feho could have done it,” was the answer
”True”
”Such precision ht serve you were your eneain”
”Then ask o with you,” was the prompt reply
”May I not even take you out of charity?”
The lad shook his head with a s in his smile
”Very well Will you come with me?” asked Ellerey
”To the death”
”Your hand on that bargain”
”I'll earn the grip of comradeshi+p before I take it, Captain Until then it is for you to order, be it to cooking or to bed”
”You'll serve for sport and as a relief toelse,” said Ellerey ”Orders, then We ”
”You have not heard my further news,” said Anton ”It is not tirily Was his authority so soon to be questioned?
”Every gate is closed against Captain Ellerey by the King's orders,”
said Anton ”It has been so since noon to-day”
”Is the scent so hot already?”
”We shall leave the city, but not yet The lad here will show us the way,” Anton answered ”You see I aosie ”Trust 's order has power to bar it We must wait a little I have somehed Ellerey ”Order your drinks, and tell me who they ho fathered and mothered you that you have such wit You are not fashi+oned after the usual breed in Wallaria”
”I aotten in the bastard race
I am of the old stock reared without the city walls Anton can answer for ht, but the lad drank sparingly Ellerey liked him none the worse for that If ere found upon the journey, one sober coht be more profitable than half a dozen boasters The boy talked brightly, and his air of boastfulness fell from him There was a tone of deference to the Captain in hisshoulders
”Were it not that they brought your favor, I should regret the fly and the candle,” he said presently ”I crave your pardon”