I said we expected five or six thousand in a day or two, which seemed rather to take them by surprise.
"Well, presently Adams got up quietly and went out of the door, and I knew he was going round to the back to meet his girl.

I had seen a look pass atween them when she brought in our wine.

We went on talking quiet for some time; four or five other men dropped in, and some of them got talking together in low tones, and I began to wish we were well out of it, and to wonder how much longer Adams was going to be before he came back.

Suddenly we heard a loud scream, and Manola--that was the girl's name--came rushing in from behind.

'He's killed him,' she screamed, and she fell down as if she had been killed too.