CHAPTER IV

IN WHICH THEY TALK BY THE WAY "John Hobbs," said she suddenly, after they had gone some distance, "do all folks always obey thee?" Sir Marmaduke, having pondered the question, nodded gravely. "Usually," he answered. "But he ran away! He left me--and at thy bidding!" "Does this grieve you?" "Nay! I be only wondering-- He was afraid o' thee; I saw it in his face!" "Yet I'm none so frightful, am I, child?" "Nay. Yet when didst order him off, thine eyes were turble fierce, Mr. Hobbs." "Then pray forget it. Tell me…