The man bowed low as he opened the door for them. When it had closed upon them Grigosie turned to Ellerey.
"Are you satisfied, Captain?"
The boy's knowledge astonished Ellerey.
"You have reproved me twice to-night, youngster; first for being a bully, now for doubting you."
"My anger is forgotten," laughed the lad. "The cloak was a good thought.
They will know that you were in the city to-night, and they will search
Sturatzberg for you all day to-morrow. So we gain time. Our horses
await us on the Breslen road; and yours, Captain?"
"Also on the Breslen road."
"Then, Captain, will you order the march? My brief command is over."
CHAPTER XIII
THE CASTLE IN THE HILLS
The first light of a new day awoke a chorus of blended voices within the depths of the forest. The early matin praise of the birds rose high and clear above the low-hummed hymn of the insects. The trees shook out their rustling garments, glorious autumn robes of color, scattering the dewy tears of night before the smiling day. Among the fallen leaves were hasty rushes to and fro, while rabbits flashed across the narrow open tracts.