"I'll dress up as a boy; you'll come with me; you'll say I'm your brother, and Uros' friend. You'll do that for me, Frana?"
And Milena lifted up her pleading eyes, which now seemed larger than ever and lighted up with an inward ethereal fire.
The young girl seemed to be hypnotised by those entreating eyes.
"But where will you find the clothes you want?"
"If you can't get me your brother's, then borrow or buy a suit for me; but go at once. You must get me a cap, and all that is required, but go at once."
"Very well; only, in the meantime, go to bed, take some broth, and wait till I return."
"But you promise to come back as quickly as you can?"
"Yes, if you are determined to put your life in danger, and——"
"And what?"
"If you don't care what people say."