"I will."
"Mind you, do nothing rash, and cause no bloodshed. Simply go and claim your own; but do it in such a way that the girl will think you have risked your life to save her. It will have a good effect with her, and, after all, you may win. If you can win her in that way, and by kindness, so much the better, for you may need to ask a favor of her some day."
"Then I am to go to the hostile camp?"
"Yes."
"I am to go as I am?"
"No, for you must not be seen to go there."
"By whom?"
"That argus-eyed officer, Carey, for he is watching the trails like a hawk."
"I know that."
"If he sees you go there, as a white man, it may cause trouble, innocent as your motive may be."