“Served you right!” cried Glyndon. “No tricks upon travelers. And so you had a long talk with the Prophet?” he added to Percy Vere.
“Yes.”
“Did you ask him about your father?”
“I did.”
CHAPTER XVI.
HOLDING A COUNCIL.
Glyndon became interested.
“Well, what did he say? Could he tell you any thing about him?”
“Not at that time; but on my return I expect to receive important disclosures from him.”
“Return?” cried the old hunter, in astonishment. “Why, you don’t calculate to go back to him, do you?”
“Such is my intention.”