As Schreuder was rowed away he was seething with excitement. From twenty points along her dark rail came the glow ofslow-match burning, and the glint of their reflection from steel. The first promise of spring dispersed the gale-driven clouds, and thesun had new fire in its rays. As soon as he opened ithe recognized the purse he had given Llewellyn.
What adreadful pity. Cumbrae could see in his eyes the realizationdawning that from now onwards he would be beyond the pale and wascontent that he could trust Schreuder at last. He stared around the crowded hall with huge disdain, and thefemale spectators gave little sighs and squeals of admiration. Shamus is right.
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