He kill me, I know he
will! "whimpered Wool, refusing to be comforted."
CHAPTER X.
CAP IN CAPTIVITY.
I lingered here and rescue planned
For Clara and for me.
--SCOTT.
Meanwhile how fared it with Capitola in the Hidden House?
"I am in for it now!" said Cap, as she closed the door behind Clara;
"I am in for it now! This is a jolly imprudent adventure! What will
Wool do when he discovers that he has 'lost sight' of me? What will
uncle say when he finds out what I've done? Whe-ew! Uncle will
explode! I wonder if the walls at Hurricane Hall will be strong
enough to stand it! Wool will go mad! I doubt if he will ever do a
bit more good in this world!"
"But above all, I wonder what the Le Noirs, father and son, will say
when they find that the heiress is flown and a 'beggar,' as uncle
flatters me by calling me, will be here in her place! Whe-ew-ew-ew!
There will be a tornado! Cap, child, they'll murder you! That's just
what they'll do! They'll kill and eat you, Cap, without any salt! or
they may lock you up in the haunted room to live with the ghost,
Cap, and that would be worse!"
"Hush! here comes Dorcas Knight! Now I must make believe I'm Clara,
and do the sentimental up brown!" concluded Capitola, as she seated
herself near the door where she could be heard, and began to sob
softly.
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