“Don’t worry about me, Sir Augustus,” advised Cavendish.
Just then, happening to glance up the path they had lately descended, Professor Gunn uttered an exclamation of alarm and warning.
“Look—look, boys!” he cried. “There come the Greeks!”
Maro and Tyrus were to be seen descending the path.
Flavia was greatly alarmed in a moment.
“Let them not touch me, Charlee!” she entreated, clinging to Cavendish.
“Never fear,” he said reassuringly. “They shall not.”
“But I opine we’d better be moseying along out of this,” said Buckhart.
To this the others agreed, and they lost no time in moving.