When
the cage reached him, he helped the two passengers out, and took them to
his hut. With Ruth he had always been a favourite, and he welcomed her
with admiring and affectionate respect.
"Never b'lieved you could have done it, Miss Devlin--never! Not but what
I knew you weren't afraid of anything on the earth below, or the waters
under the earth; but when you get swinging there over the world, and not
high enough to get a hold on heaven, it makes you feel as if things was
droppin' away from you like. But, by gracious! you did it like an
eagle--you and your friend."
By this time he was introduced, and at the name of Mrs. Falchion, he
cocked his head, and looked quizzically, as if trying to remember
something, then drew his hand once or twice across his forehead. After a
moment he said: "Strange, now, ma'am, how your name strikes me. It isn't
a common name, and I've heerd it before somewhere--somewhere. It isn't
your face that I've seen before--for I'd have remembered it if it was a
thousand years ago," he added admiringly. "But I've heard some one use
it; and I can't tell where."
She looked curiously at him, and said: "Don't try to remember, and it
will come to you in good time.
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