Tignonville lifted himself a little, and peered anew at the other.

He fancied that La Tribe's mind, shaken by the horrors of the morning and his narrow escape, had given way.
"You rave, man," he said.

"This is no time for visions." "I said naught of visions," the other answered.
"Then why so sure that we shall escape ?" "I am certified of it," La Tribe replied.

"And more than that, I know that we shall lie here some days.

The time has not been revealed to me, but it will be days and a day.