"I know, wise woman. Say on."
"Wow! But," she said triumphantly, "ye do not know the way out, and ye are helpless till I tell you."
"I know."
"Then why do you stay here?"
"Enough! I know the way out. What is your message to me?"
His confidence staggered her, and it was some moments before she could speak.
"But there is the young chief. Ye would save him. I will make a bargain with you for his life."
"He is here, woman."
Dick stepped out from the shadows, and she threw up her arms with a wail.
"Say what you have to say," said Mr. Hume, sternly, "for I see you would have some service of me, and had hoped to buy me with news I have no want for."