“We can’t do anything for him.”
“Why not?”
“They’ve finished him.”
“Killed him? Do you mean that?”
“That’s whatever. Teresa dropped the candle when she saw him knifed. Didn’t you hear her scream?”
“You’re sure—you’re sure Reggio was killed?”
“Dead sure, pard.”
“Then let’s get away in the gondola. If I was not mistaken in thinking this wretch placed Teresa in it, we can save her, at least.”
Dick was not mistaken, as they found when they sprang into the boat. Teresa lay unconscious amid the cushions.
By this time Merriwell had recovered his strength in a measure, and he started to cast off the line that held the boat beside the steps.