Presently she heard the sound of a key in her chamber-door, and the rustic made his appearance.

She started, and cried, "Are we discovered?
did not I hear you speak ?" Grimes advanced on tiptoe with his finger to his lip.

"No, no," replied he, "all is safe!" He took her by the hand, led her in silence out of the house, and then across the garden.

Emily examined with her eye the doors and passages as they proceeded, and looked on all sides with fearful suspicion; but every thing was as vacant and still as she herself could have wished.

Grimes opened a back-door of the garden already unlocked, that led into an unfrequented lane.