Saint George! the present holds sufficient work for us to do." I bore him back in my arms and left him lying beside the savage priest, testing again on him the efficacy of prayer, while Cairnes and I fared forth to explore.

We sought long and painfully, trying the walls for some concealed opening, groping in the corners, and squirming through narrow crevices.

The effort was useless, except to convince us that the cavern had but the single entrance.

All we discovered was an assortment of odd weapons, war-clubs and stone-tipped spears, collected in one corner of the gallery.

Everywhere else were bare walls.
Feeling like rats in a trap we dragged tired limbs back to the altar-room, our sole remaining hope a possible escape down the rocks under the early shadows of the night.