But these she received as symptoms of yielding on my part; and her persistence brought upon her at last the resolute and somewhat sharp rebuke with which men think it natural and right to repress the excesses of feminine fear.
"This is nonsense, Eveena.

You cannot accompany me; and, if you could, your presence would multiply tenfold the danger to me, and utterly unnerve me if any real difficulty should call for presence of mind.
You must be content to leave me in the hands of Providence, and allow me to judge what becomes a man, and what results are worth the risks they may involve.

I hear Ergimo's step on deck, and I must go and learn from him what arrangements he has been able to make for to-morrow." My escort had found no difficulty in providing for the fulfilment of both my wishes.

We were to beat the forests which covered the southern seabord in the neighbourhood, driving our game out upon the open ground, where alone we should have a chance of securing it.

By noon we might hope to have seen enough of this sport, and to find ourselves at no great distance from that part of the inland sea where a yet more exciting chase was to employ the rest of the day.