[CHAPTER XX.]
"Liz! Liz!"
The call had to be repeated many times before it met with an answer, and even then it came faintly and broken by sobs.
"What do you want?"
"Has Ben gone out?"
"Yes, curse him!"
"Won't you come in awhile? It is terrible in this horrible darkness alone. Don't cry, Liz. Come and tell me what he has done to you."
"It ain't to me. God knows I would bear it and say nothing if it was only me; but it is Dick, poor little Dick, and I am afraid he has killed him."
"Open the door, Liz. Let me help you in some way. I swear to you that I will not try to escape."
The woman arose and threw it open, allowing the girl in the rags of a boy to come from that pit of darkness into the light.