We shall be none too many." Pierre listened, also quite aghast.

And when Victorine wished to take the lamp her trembling hand, with which she had no doubt felt the prostrate body, was seen to be quite bloody.

The sight filled Benedetta with so much horror that she again began to moan wildly.
"Be quiet, be quiet!" repeated Victorine.

"We ought not to make any noise in going down.

I shall take the lamp, because we must at all events be able to see.