Go! I must not be found here.

I will see you again," and she was gone.
"Come, my friend," Cuitcatl said; "there is evidently not a moment to be lost." Roger ran into his room; emptied, from a drawer where they were lying, the gold ornaments and presents he had received, and tied them in a cloth; caught up his sword and then, with Cuitcatl, hurried down the passage.

Just as they reached the end, they saw a party appear at the other extremity, preceded by an official carrying torches.
"We are but just in time," the young noble said.

"The princess has saved your life." In two or three minutes they were in the garden and keeping carefully in the shade of the shrubs, so as to escape the view of any who might be sitting at the windows, or on the flat roof of the palace, enjoying the lovely evening and the bright moonlight.

They made their way cautiously down to the eagle house, which lay at the other end of the garden, nearly half a mile from the palace.