From the gun room noise will, if very great, penetrate hither; but nothing thou canst do will make them below hear thee.
"Then this wider and lighter and loftier portion, where the light comes in, is but a space filched away from the roofs and leads, and jammed in in such a fashion that it would defy a magician to find it from without.

We tried days and days and could not do it, and never did, albeit we can climb like cats and had an inkling where it was--until we put Julian within to shout aloud and guide us by his voice.

It is so placed that none can get really nigh to those places where the cracks are made to let in the light and air.

Thou needst not fear, though all the monks in the priory come to search, that this hiding place will ever be found." The monk looked around the narrow chamber and drew an involuntary breath of relief.

If indeed this thing were so, if indeed he might lie hidden from discovery and defy the most stringent search, might it not be a God-appointed means of salvation for him?
Might he not be doing wrong in insisting upon falling into the hands of men?
Would it indeed be possible for him to secrete himself without bringing down upon others the wrath he himself would escape?
Whilst he stood thus debating with himself, the boys pulled him by the sleeve and spoke eagerly, though involuntarily in low tones.
"And see further.