"THE GIRLS HUDDLED TOGETHER, TOO MUCH FRIGHTENED TO MOVE"
"Oh, dear, now we're in for it," burst from Ruzena, as she felt Marouska catch tight hold of her sleeve.
"Let's keep hold of one another and go back," suggested Etelka, her voice trembling slightly.
It was not easy, for they had to feel their way along the wall. They became conscious, too, that the air was bad. Once quite a bit of earth fell down before them, but, fortunately, not enough to hurt or stop them. It seemed to them that they had been walking very, very long, when Ruzena broke the silence that had fallen, by volunteering:
"We must have come to where the passage divides."
"Yes, and I wonder—" Etelka did not finish, for Marouska clutched her wildly by the arm.
"Oh, look back," she whispered fearfully.
The girls turned. Coming behind them but from another direction were two red lights evidently carried by some person or persons.
The girls huddled together, too much frightened to move.
Suddenly Ruzena gave a funny, relieved, nervous laugh. "Why, if it isn't Jozef and Janik!" she exclaimed aloud and then ran forward and threw her arms about the astonished boys.