"I don't believe there are any spirits in Tergou.

I never saw one.

This last was the likest one ever I saw; and it was but you, Kate, after all." In less than half an hour Giles and Kate opened the housedoor cautiously and issued forth.

She made him carry a lantern, though the night was bright.

"The lantern gives me more courage against the evil spirits," said she.
The first day of imprisonment is very trying, especially if to the horror of captivity is added the horror of utter solitude.