“There is something wrong in a mystery, that is what I feel.”
“Thou can ask Thora all about him.”
“I shall not ask her. She will tell me.”
Adam laughed again. “That is the best way,” he said. “It was thy father’s way. Well then, five minutes ago, the wind changed. By four o’clock it will be fair.”
“Then I will be ready to go with thee. If I am left alone, I am sad; and that is not good for my health.”
“But thou must behave well, even to the Celt.”
“Unless it is worth my while, I do not quarrel with any one.”
“Was it worth thy while to quarrel with Boris Ragnor?”
“Yes––or I had not quarrelled with him.”