"He has posted sentinels all round the mine to catch him.
I wonder if we are safe here! Mr.Harley said it was a safe place.
But I wonder.
Shall we make a bolt for it, Dot? Shall we? Shall we ?" "I shall stay here," Dot answered. Adela was not even listening.
"We are only two defenceless women, and there isn't a man to look after us.