His instructions served us well; and at daybreak we came upon the friendly hut just where we had expected, a little below the summit on the seaward side of the hill.
The man would by no means let us lie in his hut for fear of being seen, but showed us a deep cave in the hill-side, where we (and a score of men beside, had it been needful), might hide.
As we lay there, waiting for night, Ludar, for the first time, referred to what had befallen at Castleroe.
"Humphrey," said he, "I am torn in two.

How can I go out to take a castle, while she lies in the wolf's clutches yonder?
Yet how may I, a loyal man, pursue my private quarrel while my brave father demands my service for the clan in this great enterprise ?" "Maybe," said I, "in doing the latter you will achieve both ends.

For, assuredly, so soon as an alarm is raised for the safety of Dunluce, this Merriman and every trooper he has must come thither; so, the maiden will be left free of him.

Besides," said I, "if what the old nurse says is true, my Lady Cantire is not the woman lightly to abandon her rights in the maiden.

She is more likely to hold her as a bait to trap the Captain into some benefit to herself, and to that end she will at least keep her safe out of his clutches for a while." Ludar groaned.
"Humphrey," said he, "you are a glib comforter.