"Do you know the consequences if you are found here within the bounds of the convent ?" "I care nothing for the consequences," Archie said.

"I have in the woods twenty stout followers.

I propose tomorrow to be with three of them on the lake afishing.

If you, when the bell rings for your return in the evening, will enter that little copse by the side of the lake, and will show yourself at the water's edge, we will row straight in and take you off long ere the guards can come hither to hinder us.

The lake is narrow, and we can reach the other side before any boat can overtake us.