"You will find her in her boudoir. I will remain and see that our defences are kept up! Ha! the pirate is under sail, and is moving up the Sound."
"He is going to sea again, doubtless; but, as our guns command both the channels out, he has taken the way by Long Island Sound."
"Heaven grant it be so!" said the earl, as he entered the Rondeel.
Kate Bellamont was walking her room with a rapid pace, a flushed cheek, and a flashing eye as Fitzroy entered.
"Ha, Fitzroy, you have come," she said, with the tone and bearing of Elizabeth of England when insult had touched her pride. "I am glad to see you! I have been insulted."
"Then you shall be avenged!" he said, taking her hand.
"Do you promise it?"
"By the love I bear you, I swear it!"
"Avenge me—wipe out the stain my woman's pride has suffered, and I will be thy slave!"
"Nay, dearest Kate, I would rather thou wouldst be my bride," he said, smiling and kissing her cheek.