But no; such was the security Fulke felt in the secrecy of his cave that it never entered his head to guard it.
"The men entered one by one, with a man carrying a light in front.

The passage was too narrow to allow of two abreast, and too low for any one to stand upright in it.

So, single file, on hands and knees, they crawled forward.
"At last, when they had gone some way, and the sound of the sea grew faint in the distance, Morgan halted his men.
"`Give me the light,' says he, `and stay here while I go forward and see how the passage ends.' "He crawled forward to the front of the file and took the torch from the hands of the foremost man.

But when he began to move forward he noticed that two of the band followed him at a short distance.
"`Did I not order you to remain with the rest ?' demands he, angrily.
"`Pardon, captain.

The colonel bade us keep close to you,' says one of the men, sourly.
"Morgan's blood ran cold in his veins, and his last hope of giving a friendly warning to those in the castle vanished.