Was there not one with you yonder at the house?
Why did he cry out so loudly, and fall ?" "He imagined he saw a ghost within.

He claimed to have recognized the face of a dead woman he once knew." "A dead woman?
What is the man's name?
Who is he ?" "Captain de Croix, an officer of the French army." She sighed quickly, as if relieved, one hand pressed against her forehead, and sat thinking.
"I know not the name, but it seems strange that the chance sight of my face should work such havoc with his nerves.

Spoke he not even the name of the woman ?" "I think he cried some name as he fell, but I recall it not." "And you?
You are only seeking a way of escape from the savages ?" For a moment I hesitated; but surely, I thought, this strange young woman was of white blood, and seemingly an enthusiast in the religion I also professed, and I might safely trust her with my purpose.
"I am seeking entrance within the encampment, hoping thus to rescue a maiden whom I believe to be prisoner in the hands of the Indians." "A maiden,--Elsa Matherson ?" "Nay, another; one I have learned to love so well that I now willingly risk even torture for her sake.

You are a woman, and have a woman's heart; you exercise some strange power among these savages.

I beg you to aid me." She sat with clasped hands, her eyes lowered upon the grass.
"Whatsoever power I have comes from God," she said solemnly; "and there be times, such as now, when it seems as if He held me unworthy of His trust." "But you will aid me in whatever way you can ?" "You are sure you love this maiden ?" "Would I be here, think you, otherwise ?" She did not answer immediately, but crept across the little space separating us until she could look more closely into my face, scanning it earnestly with her dark eyes.
"You have the appearance of a true man," she said finally.