"He was pretty well covered with bruises and scratches, but he forgot them in the awful fright you gave him.

He took you to be some demon, some mysterious Aztec god out of a far and dim past, who had smitten him with lightning, because he presumed to climb upon a sacred pyramid.

But some of us who were not so credulous, perhaps because we did not have his bruises and scratches, searched all the sides and the top of the pyramid.

We failed to find you and we knew that you could not get through our lines.

Now, will you tell me where you were ?" His tone was so intent and eager that Ned could not keep from laughing.
Besides, the boy had a certain pride in the skill, daring and resource with which he had eluded the men of Cos.
"Did you look inside the pyramid ?" he asked.
"Inside it ?" "Yes, inside.