"He lived there nearly five years."
"All the time he was away?"
"Yes, he landed the night you sailed. You crossed him on the sea."
"Greeba, why did he go there? Yet how should you know?"
"I do know, Michael—it was to fulfil his vow—his vow that the old priest spoke of in court—his wicked vow of vengeance."
"On my father?"
"On your father and on you."
"God in heaven!" cried Michael Sunlocks, with great awe. "And that very night my father was saved from his own son by death."
"It was he who saved your father from the sea."
"Wait," said Michael Sunlocks; "did you know of this vow before you accused him of an attempt upon me?"