"Let my servant go--instantly!" Astounded at this sudden apparition the man shrank back for a moment, but almost as quickly regained his bluster.
"Ah-hah, the beautiful Mrs.Cary, eh! I'm glad to see you looking so well--and handsome." The words might as well have been spoken to the wind for all the notice that the woman paid them.

With only a gesture of mingled contempt and loathing she stepped to the railing and called to the grinning troopers below.

"Who is in command here ?" To her horror only Dudley answered.
"_I_ am," he said, triumphantly.

He thrust a menacing face close to hers and ordered her curtly.

"And I'd just as soon have _you_ get me a drink as the nigger.