"Stephen Holgrave, my lord, has not yet finished his fealty."Merritt bent his knee to the monk, who pronounced a tremulous, but fervent benediction, on the brave fellow, who, bidding a friendly farewell to Turner, and being assured that father John should remain under his protection as long as he desired, bounded, with the spring of a deer, in the direction of his home.For the first time the courage dimmed in her eyes."You can't go by yourselfhe wudn't like it.""Why, what mishap has befallen you?" inquired Holgrave, in surprise.Reuben had never been spoken to like this by his daughter. He turned on her angrily, then suddenly changed his mind. For the first time he really saw what a fine girl she wasall that Alice was not.