"You see, Theodora," he said, for she had told him her name, "I don't hang back. I freely confide in you."
"You do well."
"I believe so—see that my confidence is not misplaced, and you shall have no cause to repent it."
"Your words would imply a promise of reward for me; but I seek none."
"I am willing to believe it, but still my fixed resolve—"
"Your fixed resolve could not make me take it," said the girl, proudly. "I have told you my object in my present mission; I have no other."
Harkaway was greatly surprised at this, but as he stole a sidelong glance at her, surprise was not the only expression in his face.
Admiration was strongly mixed with it.
"Tell me where we are going?" he asked presently, as they got clear of the town.
"To the prison by the water."