"Yes," was the brief reply.
"How do you expect to gain entrance?"
"Leave that to me."
I did leave it to him.
Great was my surprise when he led us by his secret entrance into the vaults beneath the old sugar-house.
I now began to understand how he had escaped—that is, if Shadow it was who had been confined in the Black Hole.
This latter I was now beginning to doubt.
Carefully we crossed the last of the series of vaults, and paused at the foot of the stairs leading up to the store-room, where I had once had a most exciting adventure.
Shadow softly mounted first.
I followed.