On hearing the words, De Lara utters an exclamation of joy. They apprise him of a plan which may not only get him out of danger, but give revenge, sweet as ever fell to the lot of mortal man.
He hesitates no longer, but hastens after the seal-hunter; who, with the other two, has already started towards the brow of the cliff.
But not to stay there; for in a few seconds after the four are descending it; not through the gorge by which they came up, but another—also debouching into the bay.
Little dream the English officers, or the brave men who have landed with them, of the peril impending. If the scheme of the seal-hunter succeed, theirs will be a pitiful fate: the tables will be turned upon them!
Chapter Seventy Seven.
Almost a Murder.
At the cliff’s base, the action, simultaneous, is even more exciting.
Having left their boat behind, with a man to take care of it, the rescuers advance towards the inner end of the cove.