Havill and he will change like the men in a sentry-box; when Havill walks out, he'll walk in, and not a moment before.' 'That will not be till eighteen months have passed.

And as the Jesuit said, "Time and I against any two."...

Now drop to the rear,' added Captain De Stancy authoritatively.

And they passed under the walls of the castle.
The grave fronts and bastions were wrapped in silence; so much so, that, standing awhile in the inner ward, they could hear through an open window a faintly clicking sound from within.
'She's at the telegraph,' said Dare, throwing forward his voice softly to the captain.

'What can that be for so early?
That wire is a nuisance, to my mind; such constant intercourse with the outer world is bad for our romance.' The speaker entered to arrange his photographic apparatus, of which, in truth, he was getting weary; and De Stancy smoked on the terrace till Dare should be ready.