"Would you rather go back and wait for me ?" he said.
"Oh, no!" she said, instantly.

"No; I am coming too." He said no more, but grimly stalked in the wake of Warden.
The latter moved quickly till he reached the place where the lamp was lodged in a niche in the wall.

Here he stopped, stooped, and fitted a key into a narrow door that had been let into the stone.

It opened outwards, and he drew aside, waiting for Hill.
"I will go and dismiss the men," he said.

"May I leave you in charge till I come back?
They will not come this way." Hill paused on the threshold.