And those fellows with you are not Queen's Rangers, I'll swear." "How do you know, sir ?" he interrupted gently.

"Are you in the army, sir ?" "Of course I am," I cried, answering without consideration.
"I thought so, sir; although your clothes do not proclaim the fact.

May I ask which army ?" He had turned the tables most neatly, and I glanced down over my rough garments, awakening suddenly to the knowledge that I was also in masquerade.

To be sure I had one advantage--I knew these men had been part of Delavan's foragers, and hence at heart must be loyalists.
"That is not a question I intend answering to every ruffian who stops me on the highway," I returned shortly.

"I wish to know what this outrage means?
I will know, you wooden-headed image! I was about my business when the four of you attacked me.