A chorus of congratulations fell upon his deafened ears.

Then the coming of the fire engines, and the approach of a police automobile diverted the attention of the on-lookers.

Quest slipped about amongst them, searching for Craig.
"Where is the man who came down before me ?" he asked a bystander.
"Talking to the police in the car over yonder," was the hoarse reply.
"Say, Guv'nor, you only just made that!" Quest pushed his way through the crowd to where Craig was speaking eagerly to Inspector French.

He stopped short and stooped down.

He was near enough to hear the former's words.
"Mr.French, you saw that man come down the rope and swing on to the cables?
That was Quest, Sanford Quest, the man who escaped from the Tombs prison.