"What? Where?"
"Are there deer about the place as well?"
"Deer? I don't think so. I don't remember seeing any."
"Then give me the lantern!"
Mrs. Lamb was holding the lantern out in front of her. Snatching it, he swung it slightly round. As he did so it went out.
"Luker!" she exclaimed. "How did you manage that? What a clumsy fool you are!"
There was a new intonation in his voice.
"Some one blew it out. Hollo, where are you coming to? Who the devil, sir, are you? Confound the man, where's he gone?"
"Luker, what's the matter?"
"Some one was walking behind us--didn't you hear him? I not only heard but I felt him; he was as close as that. When I swung the lantern round I almost dashed it against his face. He blew it out. He tried to snatch it from me; I felt his fingers. Can you hear him?"