The appeal gave the young man strength, and he told all that had passed.
“But what will follow?” said the professor, whose voice trembled from the excitement he suffered. “Will Harry—can he carry out your plan?”
“Yes,” said the doctor. “He is as firm when put to the test as Frank here.”
“Ah!” groaned Frank; “firm? I am as weak as water now. I am trembling with the horrible thought that the chief saw through the subterfuge, for he smiled cruelly; and if he did—what of poor Harry’s life? I shall have slain him by what I did, for they have no mercy on an escaping slave.”
Chapter Thirty Seven.
The Breakdown.
There was a fresh patient for the Hakim in the morning.
He was awakened by Sam, whose face was full of consternation.