He put his arm about her. "You are faint," he said tenderly. "Come! the air will revive you."
Supporting her on his arm, he guided her from the house. As they passed the body stretched across the threshold, the skirt of her robe touched the blood in which it was lying. She saw it and shuddered.
"Blood is upon me!" she said. "It is an omen!"
"A good one, then," said her companion coolly, "for it is the blood of a fanatic traitor. Think not of it." He turned at the threshold and cast a careless glance back into the tobacco house. "Woodson, get rid of this carrion, and bring these men quietly to the great house, where your master will deal with them."
CHAPTER XXIII
THE QUESTION
"We know all but two things, but those are the most important of all," said the Governor, tapping his jeweled fingers against the table.
"It is much to be regretted," said the Surveyor-General, "that the presence of the young lady was so soon discovered. Otherwise—"
"Otherwise we might have had further information on more than one subject," said the Governor dryly.
"We must make the best of what we have," continued Carrington calmly. "After all, it is enough."