"But I am quite sure that it will be less troublesome for me to see that no insults are offered you than for you to resent those insults when they come.

Tete Jaune is full of Quades," he added.
The smile was gone from her face when she turned to him.

Her blue eyes were filled with a tense anxiety.
"I had almost forgotten that man," she whispered.

"And you mean that you would fight for me--again ?" "A thousand times." The colour grew deeper in her cheeks.

"I read something about you once that I have never forgotten, John Aldous," she said.