“You have seen it open?”
“No, but see light in crack.”
“Then we’ll make for that. Keep close to me.”
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
THE BOYS ESCAPE
The two boys groped across the room to find the second door. Suddenly Martin tripped and almost fell; he had stepped into a hole where the floor-boards were rotted away.
“Take care, Gundra,” he said, recovering himself.
He felt on the floor to ascertain the size of the gap, then led the Indian boy cautiously across it, and almost immediately touched a wall. Passing his hand along it, he came upon an iron bar.
“I think this is it,” he said.