“I am at your orders, gentlemen,” said the smiling captain.
CHAPTER IX
But Conachúr had not retired.
He was seated in the central room away in the heart of his monstrous palace, and the great crystal ball swung at his shoulder. He had stared into it for hours and had seen nothing.
Lavarcham also was there, seated humbly on a stool.
“Fill my cup,” said Conachúr. “I am thirsty to-night, my heart. I could drain a sea and not drown this thirst.”
“You are troubled, lord. All this business has fevered you.”
“And you! Are you not excited at the thought of seeing your babe again?”
“I have interested myself in so many things these seven long years, master, I have almost forgotten her. She has dropped out of my mind, and now I would as readily not see her as see her.”
“I thought you loved that babe!”