Promise me that you will prevent Captain de Croix from becoming one of them." "I ?" I exclaimed in perplexed surprise; "I can do no more than warn him." "But you must do more!" she cried imperatively.

"He will surely go if asked.

A warning such as you propose would only stir his blood.

I beg you to use your wits a little, so that he may know nothing of it." I looked at her, deeply hurt by the interest so openly displayed.
"You are wondrously aroused for the Frenchman's safety, Mademoiselle!" "Yes, though not as you may fancy.

Captain de Croix came here for my sake, even though no word of mine gave him reason for doing so.