"Well, my fair demoiselle," he cried, "I think if I had known that you were waiting here all alone in the dark, I should have paid you a visit;" and he raised the lamp close to Pauline's face, which was as pale as death. "Why, you look as terrified," proceeded the Governor, "as if you had been committing murder. Well, I will light you out, and when you come to-morrow, you will not be so frightened. At what hour do you come, eh?" "I desire that you would not come at all," said Philip aloud, as he followed the Governor, who was escorting Pauline along with an air of gallantry and badinage which did not at all set off his thin demure features to advantage, especially in the unbecoming light of the lamp that flickered upon them but at intervals, tipping all the acute angles of his countenance with not the most agreeable hue. "I desire that you would not come at all: you have been here once too often already. Let your brother Charles come the next time." The Governor darted a glance at Philip, which certainly evinced that his face could take on, when it liked, an expression of hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness; and in a minute or two after, by some means, the lamp went out in his hands. "Here, Philip," cried he, "take the lamp, and get a light." "Your pardon, Sir," answered the sturdy Woodman; "not till I have seen my daughter beyond the gates." "Philip Grissolles, or Philip the Woodman, or whatever you call yourself," cried the Governor, "are you mad? Do you know what you are about? Go and fetch me a light instantly, or refuse me at your peril." "I do refuse then," replied the Woodman, who had learned by conversation with the Porter and turnkeys, how much power the Governor had placed in his hands by permitting him to attend upon the Count de Blenau; "I am your prisoner, Sir," he continued, "but not your servant." "I have allowed you to act as such in the prison," said the Governor, "and there are no servants here but mine." "In suffering me to attend upon the Count de Blenau," rejoined Philip boldly, "you have outstepped your duty, and broken the express order of the Cardinal. So much have I learned since I came here--therefore allow my daughter to depart quietly, Sir. We shall find a light in the Porter's room." "By Heavens! I have a mind to detain the girl all night, for your insolence," cried the Governor, stamping with rage. "Oh, for God's sake do not!" exclaimed Pauline, clasping her hands; but Philip came close up to him,--"You dare not," said he, in a low voice; "for your head, you dare not." And then added aloud to Pauline, "Come along, my child; Monsieur le Gouverneur will let you out."