Darke had not noticed this little by-play, and he asked, suddenly, as the pretty air-castles both had been rearing up vanished as air castles are wont to do when they are rudely jarred:
“How long do you think you were at the cavern before your consciousness returned?”
“I am not quite certain—two or three hours I guess.”
“And it was Leander Maybob that rescued you?”
“Yes; but he did not himself carry me to the cave. It was more than a mile away that he found me; and although he is very strong, he could not lug me on his back all that distance. When consciousness returned he told me about it. Alonphilus the dwarf conveyed me to the cave.”
“How?” asked Darke.
“Oh, Leander told me all about that, too. I was brought on a horse—”
“What color was the horse?” interrupted Vinnie.
“On a white horse!” pursued the woodman.
“Yes.”