Go back by the stairs and meet me below." He grasped the lattice and began cautiously to lower himself to the ground, and Arthur turned to rejoin his friends in the room.
"That is the way she escaped, without doubt," he said to them.

"Poor child, she had no idea we were about to rescue her, and her long confinement had made her desperate." "Did she have a cloak, or any warm clothes ?" asked Beth.

Madame Cerise hurriedly examined the wardrobe in the closets.
"Yes, ma'm'selle; she has taken a thick coat and a knit scarf," she answered.

But I am sure she had no gloves, and her shoes were very thin." "How long do you think she has been gone ?" Patsy enquired.
"Not more than an hour.

I was talking with Mr.Mershone, and--" "Mershone! Is he here ?" demanded Arthur.
"He is in my room downstairs--or was when you came," said the woman.
"That accounts for her sudden flight," declared the young man, bitterly.
"She doubtless heard his voice and in a sudden panic decided to fly.