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"It is a splendid night--for us," he said "And we o"

She did not answer

"In the eyes of the law I am a murderer," he went on "You saved me You shot a man In those same eyes you are a criminal It is folly to remain here It is sheer suicide for both of us If Kedsty--"

"If Kedsty does not do what I told hiht, I shall kill him!" she said

The quietness of her words, the steadiness of her eyes, held hiain it seean's place, that it was a child as looking at hi to him If she had shown fear a few moments before, that fear was not revealed in her face now She was not excited Her eyes were softly and quietly beautiful She aainst that child-like sureness he felt hith and greater than his deterulf that ed by prayer and entreaty, but never by force There was no hint of exciteainst Kedsty, and yet in the very calmness of it he felt its deadliness

A whiain, and a warlow ca to an old and sacred code of the North you belong to me?"

"I have heard of that code," he replied "A hundred years ago I should have been your slave If it exists today, I am happy"

"Yes, you see the point, Jeems, don't you? You were about to die, probably I think they would have hanged you And I saved your life Therefore your life belongs to me, for I insist that the code still lives You areto do with you as I please, until I turn you over to the Rivers And you are not going tonight You shall wait here for Laselle and his brigade"

"Laselle--Jean Laselle?"

She nodded "Yes, that is why you eo with them And no one will ever know You are safe here No one will think of looking for you under the roof of the Inspector of Police"