The proposal is that Marcel shall take you at once to the hut of an old convict whom he can trust----" "A convict!" she gasped.

The word was ominous, and she was hardly awake.
"The population of Fernando Noronha is almost entirely made of convicts and soldiers," he explained.
"But am I to be left there alone ?" "What else is there to be done?
You cannot join in the attack on a fort--and that offers our only chance, it would seem.

Granted an effective surprise, we may carry it.

Then your guardian will bring you to us." "What if you fail ?" "We must not fail," he said quietly.
"Please do not hide the alternative from me," she pleaded.

"I have endured so much----" "Well, don't you see, this man--who, by the way, is married, and has a daughter aged fourteen--will, if necessary, reveal your presence to the Governor.