“It is a dangerous course; but I see no other.”
“If there are only two men, I and Spoil-sport will keep them in check, while you will have time to carry off the children.”
“Father, there is a better way—a surer one,” cried Agricola, suddenly. “From what Mother Bunch told us, Mdlle. de Cardoville has corresponded by signs with Rose and Blanche.”
“Yes.”
“Hence she knows where they are lodged, as the poor children answered her from their windows.”
“You are right. There is only that course to take. But how find her room?”
“Mother Bunch told me there was a shade over the window.”
“Quick! we have only to break through a wooden fence. Have you the iron bar?”
“Here it is.”
“Then, quick!”