"Where are they?" gasped she.
"Lie down again, Lily. You are too weak to stand," interposed Dan, as he put his arms around her waist to support her.
"Where are they? O, we are all lost!" exclaimed she.
"What do you mean by lost?"
"Where are they?"
"Who, Lily? What is the matter with you?"
"Haven't you seen them, Dan?"
"Seen whom?"
"The slave-hunters!" gasped Lily.
"I haven't seen any one," replied Dan, calmly; for he began to fear that the mind of his fair charge was affected.