“How did you get away down here, anyhow?” asked Leo.
“Through a network of passages. I was pursued, as you know, by a man who desired to take my life; but he will never do it now.”
“Why, is he dead?”
Lacy gave a start.
“Who said he was dead?” he asked.
“Oh! no one. I only thought as much. I saw him go rushing down the stream a few minutes ago. That was the cause of my falling into it.”
“Well, if he is dead I didn’t kill him,” was the vague reply.
“Let us find our way back to the village,” suggested Leo.
“Do you think I will not be harmed if I go there?”
“I am sure you will not.”