It will be well, mother, if, at the end of this strife, we can keep Davenant Castle over our heads, with the few acres that still remain to us." Two days afterwards, Captain Davenant mounted his horse and rode over to the Whitefoots.

Zephaniah and Jabez came to the door.
"I suppose you have come over to turn us out, Fergus Davenant," the old man said; "but I warn you, that it will not be for long.

The triumph of the ungodly is short, and the Lord will care for his own people." "You are mistaken," Captain Davenant said quietly.

"I have come over for no such purpose.

I am, of course, aware that parliament has passed a law, reinstating me in my father's lands; but I came over to tell you that, at present, I do not propose to take advantage of that law.