"If you would open the shutter a little to see—"
"I dare not."
"Only a little."
"Oh! no, no. If mother should see it—"
"It is so dark there is no danger."
Francois, yielding to the entreaties of his sister, opened the blinds and looked out.
"Well, brother?" said Amandine, overcoming her fears, and approaching
Francois on tiptoe.
"By the light of the lantern," said he; "I see Calabash holding the foot of the ladder, placed against Martial's window."
"What then?"
"Nicholas goes up the ladder; he has his hatchet in his hands; I see it shine."