“Colonel Tarleton, come quickly and guard the door whilst I find another light!” she cried, suppressing the dry sob in her throat; for in the momentary darkness she had felt a warm body crush past her on its way to the hall.
But at that instant the orderly found his tinder-box.
“‘I HAVE SEEN NO HUMAN BEING SAVE OUR PARTY OF THREE.’”
CHAPTER XXIV.
THWARTED.
“They laugh who win.”