He now took his departure, leaving with me the lantern, together with a copious supply of tapers and phosphorous, and promising to pay me a visit as often as he could contrive to do so without observation.

This was on the seventeenth of June.
I remained three days and nights (as nearly as I could guess) in my hiding-place without getting out of it at all, except twice for the purpose of stretching my limbs by standing erect between two crates just opposite the opening.

During the whole period I saw nothing of Augustus; but this occasioned me little uneasiness, as I knew the brig was expected to put to sea every hour, and in the bustle he would not easily find opportunities of coming down to me.

At length I heard the trap open and shut, and presently he called in a low voice, asking if all was well, and if there was any thing I wanted.

"Nothing," I replied; "I am as comfortable as can be; when will the brig sail ?" "She will be under weigh in less than half an hour," he answered.