I will purchase there a suit of boy's clothes for thee to wear whilst thou dost share my forest life; it will be safer for thee, and more commodious likewise.

I will also buy us victuals and a coil of rope.

Then we twain can set to work over our task, and it will be strange indeed if we be balked in it, seeing that the hardest part is already accomplished.

The secret is ours!" Petronella's eyes sparkled beneath their heavy fringes.

There was a spice of adventure and romance about this that could not but be delightful to any young spirit.
"Thou wilt not then tell our kinsfolk at the Chase, and ask their aid in this ?" Cuthbert shook his head.
"I will tell no man aught.