Down the path came the sound of footsteps and past them hurried Jeremiah and Grater.
"Let's hurry," said Andy, "before they come back."
They ran down the tunnel as fast as they could and soon came to the large cave under the brook where the water dripped without ceasing.
"Safe so far," said Andy, "but the last part is uphill and harder."
They crossed the cave and ran on, looking back now and then as they paused to catch their breath.
"We're lucky," said Andy when they had passed the little door safely and shut it behind them.
They slipped through the wooden chute into the cellar and seated themselves on the stairs to eat their bites of cooky.
"Oh," said Hortense suddenly, "what do you suppose will become of Tom and Jerry? I'd forgotten them completely."
"We'll have to wait and see," said Andy. "I'm sleepy and must get to bed."
So, too, was Hortense, and she did not awaken in the morning until ten o'clock when the sun was shining high. Her only thought was of Tom and Jerry and what might have become of them, until she tried to open a drawer in the highboy to find a dress when she also remembered that Highboy and Lowboy were imprisoned.