He was not alone there; she had sent Mrs.Tadman to watch him.
Only a few minutes more and the window was cleared.

A pale face could be dimly seen peering out through the dusty glass.

William Carley tried to open the lattice, but it was secured tightly within.

One of the firemen leapt forward upon his failure, and shattered every pane of glass and every inch of the leaden frame with a couple of blows from his axe, and then the bailiff clambered into the room.
He was hidden from those below about five minutes, and then emerged from the window, somehow or other, carrying a burden, and came struggling across the wood to the ladder by which he and the rest had mounted.

The burden which he carried was a woman's figure, with the face hidden by his large woollen neckerchief.