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The socman sprang back,
looking to left and to right for some stick or stone which might
serve him for weapon; but finding none, he turned and ran at the
top of his speed for the house, blowing the while upon a shrill
whistle.
"Come!" gasped the woman. "Fly, friend, ere he come back."
"Nay, let him come!" cried Alleyne. "I shall not budge a foot
for him or his dogs."
"Come, come!" she cried, tugging at his arm. "I know the man: he
will kill you. Come, for the Virgin's sake, or for my sake, for
I cannot go and leave you here."
"Come, then," said he; and they ran together to the cover of the
woods. As they gained the edge of the brushwood, Alleyne,
looking back, saw his brother come running out of the house
again, with the sun gleaming upon his hair and his beard. He
held something which flashed in his right hand, and he stooped at
the threshold to unloose the black hound.
"This way!" the woman whispered, in a low eager voice. "Through
the bushes to that forked ash. Do not heed me; I can run as fast
as you, I trow.


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