“Go! See to it! Thy life is the bond!” and Sancho slunk out like a whipped cur.

There was an uncanny hint of dynamic force in the girl’s swift assumption of authority, and Tomlin found his throat very dry despite the fact that he was drinking greedily of her beauty. Venner stole a look at Pearse, and saw in that gentleman a reflection of his own rising uneasiness. And then, at that instant of shivery doubt, Dolores smiled at them; and in that same instant three men, with immortal souls, forgot everything of the world and affairs in the mad intoxication of her charm.

“Welcome, sirs,” she smiled, and stepped down to offer each a hand in turn — not in handshake, but with an air that said plainly homage was due to her; and whether he would or not, each of