to me and it means disgrace to you, Bob, Let me talk to--"

"If you intend to act like an ass, Phil, you shan't talk to him. I
am in control here, and I alone can treat with him and the
officers."

"Please, sir, they are becoming very angry, and say they will break
down the gates in the name of the law," said the servant, reentering
hurriedly.

"I will go out and talk to them about the law," said Saxondale,
grimly. "Don't be alarmed, Miss Garrison. We'll take care of you.
Gad, you look as if you want to faint! Get her upstairs, Frances."

"I must speak with you, Lord Saxondale," cried Dorothy, clutching
his arm and drawing him apart from the pale-faced group. Eagerly she
whispered in his ear, stamping her foot in reply to his blank
objections. In the end she grasped both his shoulders and looked up
into his astonished eyes determinedly, holding him firmly until he
nodded his head gravely. Then she ran across the room to the two
ladies and the bewildered priest, crying to the latter:

"You must come upstairs and out of danger, Father. We have no time
to lose. Good luck to you, Lord Saxondale!" and she turned an
excited face to the three men who stood near the door.

"He shall not have you, Dorothy," cried Quentin. "He must kill me
first."

"Trust to Lord Saxondale's diplomacy, Phil," she said, softly, as