The subterranean passage leading from the oratory to the further side of the moat having been stopped up by the pursuivant and his band, it will be necessary to cross the drawbridge, and as soon as it grows sufficiently dark, we must make the attempt.

We have no horses, and must trust to our own exertions for safety.

Catesby would now be invaluable.

It is not his custom to desert his friends at the season of their greatest need." "Great as is my danger," observed Viviana, "I would rather, so far as I am concerned, that he were absent, than owe my preservation to him.

I have no fears for myself." "And my only fears are for you," rejoined Fawkes.
Half an hour of intense anxiety was now passed by the party.