'With a polite intimation, I presume, that if he again returned to the territory of Gloria he would be shot without form of trial,' added Soame Rivers.
'But he will return,' Helena said. 'He will, I am sure of it, and perhaps they may not find it so easy to shoot him then as they think now. A man like that is not so easily got rid of.'
Helena spoke with great animation, and her earnestness made Sir Rupert smile.
'If that is so,' said Soame Rivers, 'they would have done better if they had shot him out of hand.'
Helena looked slightly annoyed as she replied quickly, 'He is a strong man. I wish there were more men like him in the world.'
'Well,' said Sir Rupert, 'I suppose we shall all see him soon and judge for ourselves. Helena seems to have made up her mind already. Shall we go upstairs?'
'My great deed was too great' held possession that day of the mind and heart of Helena Langley.