“He suddenly snatched it, and drove it into the man’s breast. I closed my eyes when Deth fell, and when I opened them Cook was gone.”
Ajeeb uttered a fearful malediction, and ran up-stairs. He found the hall door open. It was plain that Enoch had escaped.
Ashah was absent. Had he been in the house, Cook might not have escaped so easily.
Ajeeb returned to the cellar. His anger, if anything, had increased.
“Did not Cook tell you he intended to attack Deth?” asked Ajeeb.
“He uttered not a word of his plan to me,” replied Stolburst.
“Why did you not follow him?”
Stolburst did not reply.
“Come away from here,” remarked Barry.
“What for?”