“Well?”
“Hadn’t you better have another candle to light—that one’s nearly burned down?”
“I’ve got one quite ready, lying out here on the stone.”
“Hah! That’s right,” said the prisoner. “It’s so horrible to be in the dark.”
“Oh, no; not when you’ve got company.”
“But be quite ready. It might go out quickly.”
“Well, if it did, I know where the flint and steel are.”
“You couldn’t find them in the dark.”
“Oh, couldn’t I? I kept an eye on everything Master Eben did.”
“I say, do you think he will come back?”