"I ADMIRE HER TREMENDOUSLY." "AND PHILIP, TOO," SAID HESTER.
"OH, BUT JACK AND THE STONE IS BEST," SAID GREGORY.

"I COULD HAVE DONE THAT." "SO COULD I," SAID HORACE CAMPBELL; "IT'S JUST WHAT I WANT TO DO--THINGS LIKE THAT." "YOU'RE RATHER BLOOD-THIRSTY LITTLE BOYS," SAID GODFREY FAIRFAX.
"PERHAPS I HAD BETTER BEGIN AGAIN.

IT IS GOING TO BE QUIETER NOW." Once in the kitchen, Barbara and Philip and the blacksmith took rapid counsel together as to the best course of action.

It was now late in the afternoon; the Captain might be back with another bodyguard at any time, and, once he returned, there would be no chance of getting the stranger away.

It was therefore important to furnish him with the disguise--Rupert's clothes--and spirit him out of the house at once.