"Which is no place for a man's heart to be," said he, brightly; "especially at the door of Edmond Czerny's house."
He stood a moment and bade me listen. We were in an open place of the tunnel then, and a ray of light striking down from some lamp above us revealed an iron ladder and a wooden trap above it. The sea I could hear beating loudly upon the reef; but with the sea's voice came others, and they were human.
"Yes," said the doctor, quietly, "we are in the house all right, and God knows when we shall get out of it again!"
And then, with a cry of pain, he fell fainting at my feet.
CHAPTER XV
AN INTERLUDE, DURING WHICH WE READ IN RUTH BELLENDEN'S DIARY AGAIN *
* The editor has thought it well to give at this point the above extract from Ruth Bellenden's diary, as permitting some insight into the events which transpired on Ken's Island after Jasper Begg's discovery and Edmond Czerny's return.