It flew toward the left; the girl noticed it, and her heavy black eyebrows, which already met, contracted still more.

The direction taken by the bird, which soon vanished in the darkness of the night, indicated approaching misfortune; but she was here only to sow destruction, and the more terrible growth it attained the better! With an acuteness which aroused the admiration of the young corsair, who was trained to similar plots, she explained hers.
That they must wait until after the departure of the Alexandrian with her numerous train, and for the first dark night, was a matter of course.
One signal was to notify Hanno to hold himself in readiness, another to inform him that every one in the white house had gone to rest, and that Hermon was there too.

The pirates were to enter the black-bearded Greek's studio.

While some were shattering his statues to carry away in sacks the gold and ivory which they contained, others were to force their way into Myrtilus's workroom, which was on the opposite side of the house.

There they would find the second statue; but this they must spare, because, on account of the great fame of its creator, it was more valuable than the other.