“None; they are on the ass-path.”
“Can you ascend as you came down?”
“Yes.”
He extinguished his lantern, or covered it.
“I must no more show light. I must warn those below.” He paused, then said—
“Dare you mount alone.”
“I came down alone.”
“Then do this one thing more for me. Mount, and go to Pentyre. Tell your aunt—three lights—red, white, red; then ten minutes, and then, red, red, white. Can you remember? Repeat after me: ‘Three lights—red, white, red; then, ten minutes, and next, red, red, and white.’”
Judith repeated the words.
“That is right. Lose no time. I dare not give you a light. None must now be shown. The boat from the Black Prince is not in—this lantern was her guide. Now it is out she will go back. You will remember the signals? I thank you for what you have done. There is but one woman would have done it, and that Judith.”