Studd had been a wild fellow, half Indian in blood and wholly Indian in habits, and for another to travel fifty miles into the heart of the desert was to embrace destruction.

The company sat very silent.

Elspeth, with a blushing cheek, turned troubled eyes on the speaker.
As for me, I had found the chance I wanted.

I was on my feet in a second.

"I will go," I said; and I had hardly spoken when Grey was beside me, crying, "And I." Still the company sat silent.