Alack! I have dropped my gauntlet in the street.
But it is of no import.

I thank God that no harm has come to any one.

My thanks once more, and may pleasant dreams await ye.' She sprang up the steps and was gone in an instant.
Reuben and I unharnessed our horses and saw them cared for in silence.
We then entered the house and ascended to our chambers, still without a word.

Outside his room door my friend paused.
'I have heard that long man's voice before, Micah,' said he.
'And so have I,' I answered.

'The old man must beware of his 'prentices.
I have half a mind to go back for the little maiden's gauntlet.' A merry twinkle shot through the cloud which hid gathered on Reuben's brow.