“Did she tell you Lord Ernest Villiers married Lady Maude Percy?”
“She did.”
“Do you know if they had any children?”
“I do not know.”
“She never told you?”
“Never,” said Ray, wondering where this “Catechism of Perseverance” was to end.
“Strange, strange—very strange!” said the outlaw, pacing up and down, with brows knit in deep thought. “And so you are determined to avenge the wrongs of your father, young man?” he said, after a pause stopping before him again.
“Yes, Heaven helping me, I will!” exclaimed Ray, fiercely.
“Heaven?” said the outlaw, with his old sneer. “It is the first time I ever heard Heaven aided revenge; Satan helping you, you mean. And how is this revenge to be accomplished?”
“Time will tell,” said Ray, impatiently. “It cannot concern you in anyway, Captain Reginald; and on this subject you need ask me no more questions, for I will not answer them.”