What is that to you and me, when one comes to think of it ?" Now I began to understand the matter more or less.

It seemed to me that these were Morgan's outlaws, and that somehow they had heard all the story.

No doubt that was easy enough, for it would be all over Norton before the night was very old after our coming.

And these outlaws have friends everywhere.

So they had laid up for me, and now the leader was frightened, as it would seem, or else he had some other plan in his head.