the door shut and locked in his face, and he’ll be in a trap. It will take him some time to break in; time enough to give us a start; what’s more, when he finds us gone, he’ll do what they all used to do in any doubt.”
“What’s that?”
“Say nothing till it’s found out; then lie for their lives; and it was their lives, poor creatures on the Zambesi!” She was silent a moment, her determined little face hard - set upon some unforgotten horror. “Once we get away, I shall be surprised if it’s found out
that I could not but apologize for my hasty words.
“Don’t name it, sir,” said the clergyman; “you had a perfect right to resent my questions, and I enjoy meeting young men of spirit; but not when it’s an evil spirit, such as, I fear, possesses your friend! I do assure you, sir, that the best thing