"This is very curious," thought she, "two men would have been quite sufficient to bring along the relay."
Three of the four men dismounted from their horses and a fifth came out of the stable and had a short consultation with them; then the three approached the csárdá door and tried to open it.
This struck Henrietta as suspicious and she thought it was now high time to awake Mr. Gerzson.
"Pardon, papa Gerzson, but four men have arrived here."
Still Mr. Gerzson did not awake.
Henrietta approached, bent over him and gently insisted:
"My dear papa Gerzson, just wake up for a moment, somebody wants to come in."
Even then Mr. Gerzson did not awake.
Henrietta listened. Outside, the hall door was beginning to groan and rock. They were forcing it.
Full of terror now, she seized Mr. Gerzson's arm.