So, at the railway station, as they waited for the train, with an agitation outwardly controlled, she said: "The men who have fought before, will want to stand, so don't be surprised if--" "If they reject me, mother ?" interrupted Carnac.

"No, I shan't be surprised, but I feel in my bones that I'm going to fight Barode Barouche into the last corner of the corral." "Don't be too sure of that, my son.

Won't the thing that prevents your marrying Junia be a danger in this, if you go on ?" Sullen tragedy came into his face, his lips set.

The sudden paleness of his cheek, however, was lost in a smile.
"Yes, I've thought of that; but if it has to come, better it should come now than later.

If the truth must be told, I'll tell it--yes, I'll tell it!" "Be bold, but not reckless, Carnac," his mother urged.
Just then the whistling train approached.