“What is that noise?” asked old Sir Richard.
“I know not,” said Blood, coolly.
“Murder, thieves, robbers, burglars, seducers, villains!” screamed the two nurses locked in the room.
They kicked at the door, and made such a terrible hubbub, that it aroused all the servants in the house, who came clamouring to the spot in hot haste.
“Open the door, open the door!” screamed the two nurses, jumping about inside; “thieves, murderers, seducers—help, help!”
The door was quickly opened, and one of the nurses thought proper to enact a little scene on her own account, and therefore fainted right in Blood’s arms.
The colonel was disgusted with his burden, and let her fall upon the floor again, rather heavily.
“The girl gone?” said Sir Richard.
“Yes, four men came in upon us—oh, oh, oh!—ho-o-o!”
“All in masks—oh, ho-o-o!”