`How stands the provender, Peter ?' "`It will last three days, master; and the shot will hold out for two.
The water, alas! is already exhausted.' "`Ah! And my child--how is she ?' "`In good heart, master; she was sleeping like a child as I passed her room just now.' "Morgan could forbear no longer.

He turned quickly to his men and said, in a loud voice, which might be heard by the unseen watchers overhead, `My torch has gone out.

Crawl back, one of you, to the rest and bring another, for if the castle is to be fired to-night--' "There was a startled movement above, which told him his object had been gained.

The voices grew silent, and the footsteps moved suddenly.

For a moment his two companions did not comprehend what had happened.