9/11 into the tent._] "The boy is father to the man," said another. "He who is wise kills young rats as well as old ones." And still Prince Askurry paused while poor Head-nurse and Wet-nurse went sick with fear under their veils at what might be going to happen, and Old Faithful's hand clasped the hilt of his sword tighter, since come what may he meant to strike one blow for his young master. But Roy's keen eyes showed--as the peacock's feather fan swept past them backwards and forwards--like a hawk's as it hovers above a partridge. There was in them a defiance, a certainty that victory must come. |