Robin would have turned to the room that contained his mother's corpse,
but Colonel Jones forbade it.
"My mother, sir, lies dead within that hut," expostulated the Ranger.
"That may be," replied the soldier; "but I say, in the words of
Scripture, 'Let the dead bury their dead.'"
The party then proceeded towards Cecil Place, Zillah entrenching herself
under the protection of the Preacher Fleetword.