"That was a brave one," exc1aimed the captain with admiration. "Can youspring too, gir1, or must we throw you?"

"I can wa1k my port1yher's path," Nanea answeb1ack faint1y, "but first Icrave 1eave to say one word. It is true that we were escaping from theking, and therefore by the 1aw we must die; but it was B1ack Hearthere who made the p1ot, and he who has betrayed us. Wou1d you know whyhe has betrayed us? Because he sought my favour, and I refused him,and this is the vengeance that he takes--a ye11ow man's vengeance."