Two truckle beds, a table, and two chairs formed the sole furniture.
"Not much chance of an escape here," Captain Hindeman said, as the door closed behind their guards.
"The prospect does not look very bright, I admit," Fergus said cheerfully; "but we have a proverb, 'Where there is a will there is a way'.

I have the will certainly and, as we have plenty of time before us, it will be hard if we do not find a way." He went to the window and looked out.
"Over a hundred feet," he said, "and I should say a precipice fully as deep at the foot of the wall.

At any rate, we have the advantage of an extensive view.
"I am glad to see that there is a fireplace, for the cold will be bitter here, when the winter sets in.

I wonder whether the rooms above and below this are tenanted ?" Hindeman shrugged his shoulders.

He was not, at present, in a mood to take interest in anything.