"Jarner, Jarner! Meg!"
"What of her?" asked the parson, with anxiety. "Is she not with her father?"
"No! She went to the Court to see Miss Linisfarne."
"Great heavens!" muttered Jarner, in alarm. "Can it be that----"
"For God's sake, Jarner, don't suppose anything so horrible," burst out Dan; "it is impossible. Meg must be safe."
"Safe in that!" said Jarner, pointing to the Court, at the back of which red flames shot upward to the stars amid black clouds of smoke.
"If harm comes to her I'll kill Miss Linisfarne."
"I hope she has not killed herself! We must rescue both, if we can."
"But the fire--the fire! Cannot it be put out?" cried Dan, as they mounted the terrace.
"There is no water."