“A favor then, please.”
“It is granted.”
“You will not mention my name to him? He must not know that I helped him to get free.”
“Ha! I see. Your secret is safe with me.”
The next moment he disappeared from sight.
Time passed slowly enough to Mara as she waited for the hour to wear away.
Nothing new occurred to awaken her interest.
As she pondered over the events of the evening she wondered more and more over the unexpected appearance of the Wizard Scout.
Who was he? From whence had he come? and how had he learned of her presence there?
Then too his fearful warning—must she put credence in that? The thought startled her.