"You do well to doubt," said Old Corrie, "with what is going on around you in this outlandish country. I am the man I say. Stand still while I strike a light, so that you can see me. We have a bull's-eye lantern with us. Is little lady well?"
"Her heart is breaking," said Emily. "But I have good news for her before she sleeps to-night."
"And so have we, my dear, if you can get us to her."
"Let me hold the lantern, Mr. Corrie, said Emily.
"No, my dear, you might drop it; there is a surprise in store for you and for everyone in the villa yonder with its stone walls. There, the lamp's alight, and you can see my face, dark as the night is. Do you think you can trust me?"
"Yes, I do, and it was only out of curiosity I wanted to look at you." And then Emily cried, "Oh!"
"What is it, my dear?" asked Old Corrie.
"There is another," said Emily, gasping.
"There are two others; we have come prepared."
He whispered something in her ear which caused her to cry "Oh!" more than once, and to clap her hands in wonderment.