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The thirdtime he did this he took his companions arm and dragged him into
arun.
Youmay be certain that theyre keeping a pretty good watch up
thewater.
But Labouris treason, treason to our own cause, and its leaders will
have thereward of traitors.
It was our only chance, but theres not oneman in a
million could have taken it.
Jaikie, she said, things are gettingdeliciously
exciting. It was not a place where a saneman would take a car except for urgent
reasons. He was convinced thatAlison would answer his summons and come at
eleven oclock to theGreen Tree.
She gave a very good imitation ofDicksons
robust accents.
Allins was the secondthing that broke his temper.
I usually
leave my pony at theGreen Tree, so theres nothing unusual in my going there.
Were a queer people, andone thing we cant stand is having our country used for
foreignintrigues. Then you must meet me at Knockraw to-morrow morning.
I sawhim
in Allinss company, and I saw him at a Labour meeting. Of course it would, said
Alison, who had followed Jaikiesexposition with appreciative nods. It was as if
a flood of dark memories and fears hadbeen unloosed, and every eye was
troubled. Then they entered a door, and started to climb along stair.
Theyrereal hard citizens, and they mean business. It was a fresh night, with a
south-west wind drifting cloudgalleons up from the Solway.
Perhaps to make me
fall in love with him. I heard from Miss Westwater that Prince John of
Evallonia arrivedat Knockraw last night.
He whispered fiercely to hisneighbour:
Allins is watching you. He darkened his greying eyebrowsand the fringe of hair
which enclosed his baldness.
Mr Craw had a strong sense of decency, and Allinss
behaviour hadoutraged it to its core. My friend here, hewhispered, could carry
on for a little.
SoJaikie imparted a little judicious information. What he
wanted was to getback to Castle Gay, and that at all costs must be
prevented.
Were a queer people, andone thing we cant stand is having our
country used for foreignintrigues. In aflash he saw the explanation of what he
had been fumbling after. I will tell you all I know, and you can draw yourown
conclusions.
I hope to get money and clothes for you to-day, and thenyou can
carry out your original plan.
His place isamong our enemies, to be food for our
powder.
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