“I have lost sight of some of them, and can not tell where they are gone. The rest sit out yonder by the other houses, eating breakfast.”
“Whom do you miss?”
“Robert Holmes is gone, and so is your friend Barlow. What if they should set the girls free.”
“The windows are bolted.”
“I know it, on the inside. What is to hinder the girls from opening them?”
“They are spiked down. I tell you they have not the strength to open one, even if they could get a signal from the outside. Did you see those fellows go away?”
“They slipped out of sight, and I think went out of the gate. After that, I came to this door and tried to get in.”
“And failed.”
“Yes; it is bolted.”