He told me so." Maqueda, finding no answer, stretched out her hand to the Mountaineer, his companion in adventure, who kissed it.
"Japhet," she said, "I am proud of you; your reward is fourfold, and henceforth you are a captain of my Mountaineers." "Tell us what happened," I said to Oliver.
"This," he answered: "I remembered about your son, and so did Higgs.

In fact, he spoke of him first--they seem to have become friends.

He said he would not escape without him, and could fetch him in a moment, as he was only just below.

Well, he went to do so, and must have found the guard instead, who, I suppose, had heard us talking.

You know as much about the rest as I do.