Some of the Soldiers hastened to the Cottage, One of the Banditti serving them as Guide.

Their first visit was to the fatal Barn, where they were fortunate enough to find two of the Baron's Servants still alive, though desperately wounded.

The rest had expired beneath the swords of the Robbers, and of these my unhappy Stephano was one.
Alarmed at our escape, the Robbers in their haste to overtake us, had neglected to visit the Cottage.

In consequence, the Soldiers found the two Waiting-women unhurt, and buried in the same death-like slumber which had overpowered their Mistress.

There was nobody else found in the Cottage, except a child not above four years old, which the Soldiers brought away with them.