Then aloud: "Will you wait here a minute, while I go and tell my father ?" "Yes: tell him his old brother-officer is here." "I did not catch your name when you spoke before," said Ralph.

"Captain Pearl Ross ?" "Nay, nay, boy; Purlrose.

He'll know directly you speak.

Tell him, I'm waiting to grasp him by the hand." Ralph nodded, and sprang up the stone flight, while the visitor's companions threw themselves down upon the steps to rest, their leader remaining standing, and placing himself by the mounting stone on one side, hand upon sword-hilt, and arranging his ragged cloak in folds with as much care as if it had been of newest velvet..