"Are you all right?" came in a whisper from the boy.


"The boy was kneeling beside him,—it was Moncrief minor.... 'Are you all right?' came in a whisper from the boy."


"Right enough, but not altogether comfortable. Where in the name of wonder did you spring from?"

"Is there any chance of that man you called Zuker coming back?"

"No; you may be sure of that."

"Then, first, let me get that rope off."