This situation, is so terrible; it has come upon me so suddenly, I cannot decide, I cannot even comprehend what my duty is.

You urge me to go away with you--alone ?" "I do; there is no other way left.

You cannot remain here in the hands of these men; the result of such a step is too terrible to even contemplate.

There are no means of determining where the others are--Delia and Miss Eloise.

Perhaps they have had warning and fled already," I urged, desperately.
Her eyes were staring down at Kirby's body.
"Look, he--he is not dead," she sobbed, excitedly.