The floor of the patio was cement, upon which their footsteps made no noise, and, going through the great apertures in one of the ruined buildings, they stood entirely on the outside of the mass of ancient temples, or whatever it may have been.
"Ned," whispered Obed, "we ought to go right down on our knees and give thanks.

We've not only escaped from Carossa and his cutthroats, but we've brought with us two American rifles; good enough for anybody and two or three hundred rounds of ammunition, the things that we needed most of all." "It must have been more than chance," said Ned with emotion.

"It must have been a hand leading us." "When I proposed to go with them I thought we might have a chance of some kind or other.

Well, Captain Carossa, you meant us evil, but you did us good.

Come, Ned, the faster we get away from these ghosts the better.