So Heaven has sent my greatest enemy to save us." "Us ?" cried Mark excitedly.

"Then Ralph Darley's sister is safe." "Will be, I pray," said Sir Morton feebly.

"I, her father, can do no more." Sir Edward came up, in company with Dan Rugg and five men, approaching cautiously with one lantern; and they were in the act of descending to Mark and the prisoner when a hoarse bullying voice was heard from a distance, the words echoing and reverberating as along a vaulted passage.
"Now then, back to your den, old fool.

Don't be a week fetching that water." "I--I am going back," cried Sir Morton, and then in a whisper--"the light--the light.

I will soon return." He caught at the lantern, and began to move off painfully, while his would-be rescuers stood watching till the light disappeared round a corner, and a minute later the same harsh voice was heard speaking fiercely.