We waited with wildly throbbing hearts, listening for fear others might follow in their trail.
We were almost beside the walls of the factory building before either of us was aware of its proximity.

Even then, as I lay prone on the earth and studied its dim outlines, they possessed nothing of familiarity, for the high-pitched roof had fallen in and carried with it the greater portion of the upper walls, leaving a mere shell, shapeless and empty.

I rested there, gazing at it, and wondering how best we might proceed to find our way beneath where the boat was to be moored, when I felt Mademoiselle's fingers press my arm warningly.
Scarcely a yard away, on a ridge of higher ground, two dim figures came to a sudden pause.
"I perceive naught of the presence of your friends as yet, Monsieur," spoke a soft voice, "but I will remain until certain of the outcome." "Then your decision is unchanged ?" asked the other, in deeper accent, full of earnest pleading.

"All is to be over between us from this hour?
And you deliberately choose to devote your life to the redemption of these savages ?" "We have discussed all this at length, Monsieur le Marquis, as we came along, and, as you fully know, my choice is made beyond recall.

I am here to serve you to-night, because it seems to be a duty given unto me by some strange Providence; and I have relied upon your courtesy to make it as little unpleasant as possible.