She felt that in him she was realizing her vague ideals of knightly prowess and dauntless courage; but all the same, unless she might be at his side to share the peril, she would almost have felt happier had this fearless bravery been somewhat less.
Cuthbert meantime pursued his way with a light heart, his packet of papers securely buttoned in the breast of his doublet.

The keen air of the February afternoon fanned his face.

His heart was full of tender thoughts of Cherry and her sweet affection for him.

How soon would it be possible, he wondered, to claim her as his own; and what would Martin Holt say to the frustration of one of his favourite schemes?
Of his present mission, and of any peril likely to accrue to him therefrom, Cuthbert thought little or nothing.

He did not see how he could possibly come under suspicion simply from fulfilling the priest's request.