The Pirate Woman by A E Dingle Chapter 2 Page 24

“It is well. Lead out again, good Milo, and fear not for me. With thou beside me I am armed in proof.”

Again they emerged into the air, but now a deathly silence received them. Silence broken only by the rustling of garments, as a withered old crone shambled forward and cast herself at Dolores’s feet.