"But God does not work by miracles.

We must be up and doing at once.

I promise you that I shall be faithful, and that, after the work is done, I will give myself up to justice." "May we trust him, mother ?" said Henry.
"You may trust him, my son," replied the widow, in a tone of decision that satisfied Henry, while it called forth a look of gratitude from the pirate.
The party now proceeded to arrange the details of their plan for the rescue of Alice and her companions.

These were speedily settled, and Henry rose to go and put them in train.

He turned the key of the door, and was on the point of lifting the latch, when this was done for him by some one on the outside.