98 Thundering Dove smiled, and she answered.
Picking up her helmet, she remarked, "We'd better get some breakfast. I
don't know what your plans are, but I've got to make a deep patrol. The
enemy's up to something, and I want to know what it is before he
springs it."
99 "I'd better come along," insisted Thundering Dove. "I want to see
the lie of the land. I'm working on an idea and I want to see if it's
practical."
100 "Their defenses are about a half a day away. It'll be late by the
time we get down there and get back," cautioned Bay Blossom. "We'd
better get moving."
101 When they went down for breakfast they were seated side by side and
the servants called Thundering Dove "Master," and Bay Blossom "Lady,"
but he sensed a certain resentment. The man who had lived in this house before had
been something special, but any man, thought Thundering Dove,that had
lived with her, would have to be special! He would have to earn the
servant's respect, and, he would do that, in time.
