"Here!"
"When?"
"Now!"
Humbert eyed the young noble with a comic surprise.
"Had we not better wait until the rain abates?"
"It is abating now," replied Gilbert.
It was true: the first frenzy of the storm was over, and there was coming a pause in its wild career.
"There!" resumed the youth; "you can ride to the castle and bring two good horses before it begins again. Quick! I shall wait here."
"You had better wait upstairs, out of sight," suggested Humbert.
"You are right."