Henry! I will die with you!" "Don't talk that way, sis.

I'm not going to be killed; for I fancy that we can run faster than it can.

It don't appear to make much speed--at least along the ground; and I think we might both escape it if we only knew which way it was going to take.

At any rate, you do as I say, and leave the rest to me." While they were thus discussing the course to be pursued--Henry urging his sister to retreat in the event of his being attacked, and Helen tearfully protesting against leaving him--a movement on the part of the mias claimed all their attention.

It was not a movement indicating any design to leave the spot where it had been browsing; but rather a start, as if something caused it a surprise.