“I am very sorry, lady, but I have received orders that must be obeyed! You must come with me, but you need fear nothing; you will be as safe and secure as in your own home.”
“Secure enough, no doubt!” said Leoline, bitterly. “I never did like Count L'Estrange, but I never knew he was a coward and a villain till now!”
Her companion made no reply to this forcible address, and there was a moment's indignant silence on Leoline's part, broken only by the dip of the oars, and the rippling of the water. Then,
“Will you not tell me, at least, where you are taking me to?” haughtily demanded Leoline.
“Lady, I cannot! It was to prevent you knowing, that you have been blindfolded.”
“Oh! your master has a faithful servant, I see! How long am I to be kept a prisoner?”
“I do not know.”
“Where is Count L'Estrange?”
“I cannot tell.”
“Where am I to see him?”