On this the Captain rudely broke into our chambers, and bade us there and then set out.

What could two weak maids do?
We could read treachery in his wicked eye, yet naught we could say or pretend could put him off; and there and then, without time so much as to speak a word to one another, we were marched forth, like prisoners, and mounted on our steeds.
"Just as we set forth, he came up to the leader of our party, and said in a whisper I could overhear: 'Remember--the mistress to the house by the wood, and the little one to Dublin--and hands-off.' Then all the villainy of the thing flashed on me in a moment.

'Mistress,' cried I, 'we are betrayed!' But before the words were out, a rough hand was laid across my mouth, and we were galloping.

Nay, Humphrey," said she, laying her hand gently on mine, "if thou start and toss like this, 'tis a sign my story doeth thee harm, and I will cease." "Would you have me lie still and hear all this ?" cried I, in a fever.
"Yes, dear heart," said she, and that so sweetly that I was forced to obey.

"We were galloping away from Castleroe.