'You are a noble girl.' "She put out her hand as if compliments hurt her.

'It is the first time they have ever attempted anything like that,' cried she in a quick low tone full of shame and suffering.

'They have shown a disposition to--to take money sometimes, but they never threatened life before.

And they did threaten yours.

They saw you take out your money, through a hole pierced in the wall of the room you occupied, and the sight made them mad.