"You! Why, you don't suppose I am going to let you come with me?"
"Oh, yes, father dear, I cannot leave you now!"
"It would be madness, Cynthia. You are well known, and you would be too easily recognised. Everybody turns to look at a handsome girl like you."
"If you can disguise yourself, so can I."
"We have not time for that. Besides, why do you want to leave England so soon and so suddenly?"
"Oh, I don't—I don't!" said Cynthia, suddenly trembling and clinging to him. "Only I can't bear the idea of your being without me now when you are in danger."
"I can send for you, my lass, when I am safe. You will come then?"
"Yes, father."
"You'll come straight, without waiting for any good-byes or to tell any one where you are going?"
"Yes, father—unless——"