"Now--quick!" I said, and catching her beneath the arms I swung her up into the low branches.

Her light lawn gown caught on a knotty limb, somewhat to her perturbation, and ere I could adjust it and get her safe aloft Sir Jonas had made up his mind.

He came on with head down, in a short, savage rush, and his horn missed my trouser leg by no more than an inch as I dodged around the tree.

At this I laughed, but Miss Grace screamed, until between my hasty actions I called to her to keep quiet.
Sir Jonas seemed to have forgotten my voice, and though I commanded him to be gone, he only shook his curly front and came again with head low and short legs working very fast.

Once more he nearly caught me with a side lunge of his wicked horns as he whirled.