14/38 So we had to give up the idea of escape." "You are partly underground," her father said, "for, as you will see when you get out, the sand has drifted up at the back of the hut to the roof, and has altogether hidden this part of the hut; so that we did not know that there was more than one room, and I should never have thought of breaking into that door, had it not been for Francisco. Let us wait here no longer." The sailors and servitors broke into a cheer as the girls came out of the hut. It must be searched thoroughly first. If anyone comes before that, they must seize them and detain them as prisoners. |