20/32 We're all safe!" "Don't lose a moment then," cried Jack, forcing himself into the aperture, while the Amazon, assisted by Bess, pulled him through it. I expect Mr.Wild here presently. Cut it as short as you can." "Only two minutes more, Sir," intreated Edgeworth Bess, advancing towards him in such a manner as to screen Jack, who crept into the farthest part of the angle,--"only two minutes, and we've done." "Well, well, I'm not within a minute," rejoined the turnkey. "You must make a bold push." "Impossible," replied Sheppard, in the same tone. "That would be certain destruction. |