They sat it down on the floor, and Tubal immediately bolted, flinging behind him these words:
“I’ll wait for yer outside the gate, young marster. I can’t stay here, indeed!”
David Lindsay laughed, saying:
“I had the utmost difficulty in persuading that old man to help me with the trunk. I had at length to bribe him heavily before he would venture to do it. And what do you suppose he means to do, after leaving me at the overseer’s?”
“What?” inquired Gloria.
“Go all the way back to Wolf’s Gap to-night.”
“I know he declared that he would do so; but I did not think he would keep his word,” replied Gloria.
“Now, dear, in mercy to the old fellow who has such a long way to return, I must bid you good-night. You, also, need rest so much that you had better go to bed as soon as possible.” So saying, David Lindsay took her hand, pressed it and left the lodge.
The old housekeeper stared.
“Is that the way your husband takes leave of you? I never did! I really never did!” she said.