“You go with the next sunrise,” he answered. “Opechancanough has given me his word.”

“I am glad to hear it,” I said. “Why have we been kept at all? Why did he not free us five days agone?”

He shook his head. “I do not know. Opechancanough has many thoughts which he shares with no man. But now he will send you with presents for the Governor, and with messages of his love to the white men. There will be a great feast to-day, and to-night the young men and maidens will dance before you. Then in the morning you will go.”

“Will you not come with us?” I asked. “You are ever welcome amongst us, Nantauquas, both for your sister’s sake and for your own. Rolfe will rejoice to have you with him again; he ever grudgeth you to the forest.”