He found that she was not only alive, but unhurt, having, the instant she saw her young mistress fall, thrown herself upon her to protect her from harm.
"Am dey all gone, sah ?" she asked, as Vincent somewhat roughly pulled her off the girl's body.
"They have all gone, Chloe; but I do not know how soon they may be back again.

Get your mistress round as soon as you can.

I am sure that she has only fainted, for she fell the instant I fired, before another pistol had gone off." Leaving the old woman to bring Miss Kingston round, he reloaded his pistols and went to the door.

In a few minutes the sound of horses galloping was heard.
"Halt, or I fire!" he shouted.
"Don't shoot, sah! don't shoot! it am me!" and Dan rode up, holding a second horse by the bridle.

"I thought I might as well get two ob dem, so I jump on de back ob one and get hold ob anoder bridle while I was waiting to hear your pistol fire.