What might happen to the boy?
I was about to shout, but, on second thoughts, decided to keep quiet; yet I instantly made up my mind that, if I didn't see or hear from him pretty soon, I would run around to the gate and bang up the people inside.

However, it was not necessary for me to trouble myself, for, in a minute, the rope came down again, and I took hold of it.

I pulled on it and found it all firm, and then I went up.

I climbed up pretty fast, and two or three times I felt a tug, as if somebody above was trying to pull me up.

But it was of no use, for I was a great deal stouter and heavier than Rectus, who was a light, slim boy.