"What about Miss Archer?" said I.
"Is it really you, sir?" asked the Bo's'n.
"Of course it is. Where is she?"
The Bo's'n nodded toward the pillars at the back of the cave, and then looked at me scrutinizingly.
"They didn't get you, then, did they, sir?"
"Yes, they got me fast enough," said I.
"Oh, the pirates! Yes, sir. But they didn't get you. I mean the——"
The man fell a-trembling, his face turned ghastly pale.
"What under heaven do you mean, Bo's'n?" asked I.
"I can not talk of it," he said. "I saw them open that hole before they left. When you ran from the gallery, I ran, too, but my curiosity was too great for me, and I sneaked back to the gallery. I saw 'em bring you in, sir, and I'd have tried to rescue you, Mr. Jones, but suddenly I saw those——"