"Oh, we must be friendly as ever; he is not quite done with us yet, and we must seem to enter into his plans as fully as ever we have done, and, above all, give him no cause to suspect anything is wrong, or that we have any idea of his intentions toward us."
"Then we must go after them horses to-night?"
"Certainly; I would not miss the opportunity, because, if we succeed in taking the horses, they will be under our care, and we can use them for our own purpose."
"Sure enough. But if we don't get them, what then are we to do?"
"Why, we will take some from the stable."
"I don't like that much. Ef it is found out, as it will be when we are missed, we shall have the enmity of the Order."
"I know, and have prepared for such an emergency."
"How?"
"I will let you know in good time. We must away, now, to meet Duffel in the 'swamp.'"