"You will be there?" "Yes, Wenna and I are to keep order." "Nobody else with you?" "No." He looked at her rather hesitatingly. "And supposing, Mabyn," he said slowly--"supposing you and Wenna were to leave at ten, and that it is a beautiful clear night, you might walk down by the wood instead of the road; and then, supposing that you came out on the road down at the foot, and you found there a carriage and pair of horses--" Mabyn began to look alarmed. "And if I was there," he continued more rapidly, "and I said to Wenna suddenly, 'Now, Wenna, think nothing, but come and save yourself from this marriage. There is your sister will come with you; and I will drive you to Plymouth.'" "Oh, Mr. Trelyon!" Mabyn cried with a sudden joy in her face, "she would do it! she would do it!" "And you, would you come too?" he demanded. "Yes!" the girl cried, full of excitement. "And then, Mr. Trelyon, and then?" "Why," he cried boldly, "up to London at once--twenty-four hours' start of everybody--and in London we are safe. Then, you know, Mabyn--" "Yes, yes, Mr. Trelyon!" "Don't you think now that we two could persuade her to a quick marriage--with a special license, you know? You could persuade her, I am sure, Mabyn." In the gladness of her heart Mabyn felt herself at this moment ready to fall on the young man's neck and kiss him. But she was a properly conducted young person, and so she rose from the big block of slate on which she had been sitting and managed to suppress any great intimation of her abounding joy. But she was very proud, all the same, and there was a great firmness about her lips as she said, "We will do it, Mr. Trelyon--we will do it. Do you know why Wenna submits to this engagement? Because she reasons with her conscience and persuades herself that it is right. When you meet her like that, she will have no time to consider." "That is what my grandmother says," Trelyon said with a triumphant laugh. "Yes, she was a girl once," Mabyn replied sagely. "Well, well, tell me all about it. What arrangements have you made? You haven't got the special license?" "No," said he, "I didn't make up my mind to try this on till last night. But the difference of a day is nothing when you are with her. We shall be able to hide ourselves away pretty well in London, don't you think?" "Of course," cried Mabyn, confidently. "But tell me more, Mr. Trelyon. What have you arranged? What have you done?" "What could I do until I knew whether you'd help me?" "You must bring a fearful amount of wraps with you." "Certainly--more than you'll want, I know. And I sha'n't light the lamps until I hear you coming along, for they would attract attention down in the valley. I should like to wait for you elsewhere, but if I did that you couldn't get Wenna to come with you. Do you think you will get her to come even there?"