Adam understood her pain, for he had been keenly interested in poor Lilla.

He bent over and kissed her, and then took her hand and held it hard.

Thus they passed on together, returning to the high road towards Castra Regis.
At the gate of Castra Regis they were extra careful.

When drawing near, Adam stumbled upon the wire that Lady Arabella had left trailing on the ground.
Adam drew his breath at this, and spoke in a low, earnest whisper: "I don't want to frighten you, Mimi dear, but wherever that wire is there is danger." "Danger! How ?" "That is the track where the lightning will go; at any moment, even now whilst we are speaking and searching, a fearful force may be loosed upon us.

Run on, dear; you know the way to where the avenue joins the highroad.