Not a soul was visible.
He threw his cloak around the miller’s daughter, and tried to comfort her.
All at once, he was astonished at the sight he saw.
His own carriage dashed up, and passed him at a furious rate.
The driver was a skeleton!
Behind the carriage stood, in grim outlines, two skeleton footmen, cocked-hats and all.
Inside, Colonel Blood could see four or five skeletons, who grinned and laughed hideously as they looked out of the window and shook their bony hands in triumph.
In the midst of the inside passengers, Colonel Blood saw two prisoners.
One was the Colonel’s coachman, the other was the fellow-footman of poor Jonas!
This unearthly and ghastly apparition was not seen by Ellen Harmer, for Blood’s cloak had been adroitly thrown over her head and face the moment the strange and horrible coachman appeared in sight.