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Chapter 64

           TohaveseenPhelimskulkingoff,itmighthavebeensupposed,thathewasprofitingbythechanceofferedforescape—savinghisownlife,withoutthinkingofhismaster.

           Itistruehecouldhavedonenothing,andheknewit.Hehadexhaustedhisadvocacy;andanyfurtherinterferenceonhispartwouldhavebeenanidleeffort,oronlytoaggravatetheaccusers.Itwasbutslightdisloyaltythatheshouldthinkofsavinghimself—amereinstinctofself-preservation—towhichheseemedyielding,ashestoleoffamongthetrees.Soonewouldhaveconjectured.

           ButtheconjecturewouldnothavedonejusticetohimofConnemara.Inhisflightthefaithfulservanthadnodesigntoforsakehismaster—muchlessleavehimtohisfate,withoutmakingonemoreefforttoeffecthisdeliveryfromthehumanbloodhoundswhohadholdofhim.Heknewhecoulddonothingofhimself.HishopelayinsummoningZebStump,anditwastosoundthatsignal—whichhadprovedsoeffectivebefore—thathewasnowstealingofffromthescene,alikeoftrialandexecution.

           Ongettingbeyondtheselvedgeofthethrong,hehadglidedinamongthetrees;andkeepingthesebetweenhimandtheangrycrowd,heranontowardthespotwheretheoldmarestillgrazeduponhertether.

           Theotherhorsesstanding"hitched"tothetwigs,formedatolerablycompacttierallroundtheedgeofthetimber.Thisaidedinscreeninghismovementsfromobservation,sothathehadarrivedbythesideofthemare,withoutbeingseenbyanyone.

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