"Well, you might have thought of it then! I was tired of hum-drum life, and I wanted to see adventures!" said Cap.
Black Donald looked at the mad girl from head to foot and then said, coolly:
"Miss Black, I am afraid you are not good."
"Yes I am—before folks!" said Cap.
"And so you really wished me to carry you off?"
"I should think so! Didn't I stick to you until you dropped me?"
"Certainly! And now if you really like me as well as you say you do, come give me a kiss."
"I won't!" said Cap, "until you have done your supper and washed your face! Your beard is full of crumbs!"
"Very well, I can wait awhile! Meantime just brew me a bowl of egg-nog, by way of a night-cap, will you?" said the outlaw, drawing off his boots and stretching his feet to the fire.
"Agreed, but it takes two to make egg-nog; you'll have to whisk up the whites of the eggs into a froth, while I beat the yellows, and mix the other ingredients," said Cap.