take me with you!..." Ferragut began to wonder if all this preamble was merely a prelude to this final request.

The unexpected demand produced an impression of scandalized amazement.

Was he to flee with her, with the one who had done him so much harm ?...

Again unite his life to hers, knowing her as he now knew her!...
The proposition was so absurd that the captain smiled sardonically.
"I am just as much in danger as you are," continued Freya with a despairing accent.

"I do not know exactly what the danger is that threatens me, nor whence it may come.