Should our Friends have betaken themselves to their different posts before you reach the Cavern, all will be lost.

The Lady's Attendants are too numerous for us to overpower them: Unless our Associates arrive in time, we must needs let these Travellers set out tomorrow without damage or hurt.' ''Tis plaguy unlucky that my Comrades who drove the Coach should be those unacquainted with our Confederacy! But never fear, Friend Baptiste.

An hour will bring me to the Cavern; It is now but ten o'clock, and by twelve you may expect the arrival of the Band.

By the bye, take care of your Wife: You know how strong is her repugnance to our mode of life, and She may find means to give information to the Lady's Servants of our design.' 'Oh! I am secure of her silence; She is too much afraid of me, and fond of her children, to dare to betray my secret.

Besides, Jacques and Robert keep a strict eye over her, and She is not permitted to set a foot out of the Cottage.