I with some difficulty drew forth my cloak, and enveloped myself and Josette--sister Margaret did the same with Edwin.
"Oh I madame," said the poor little girl, her teeth chattering with cold and fright, "won't we be drowned ?" "Very well," said my sister to the Frenchman, "you see that Madame John is at the last agony--if you will not go for help I must, and Monsieur John must know that you left his wife to perish." This was too much for Vitelle.

"If I must, I must," said he, and with a desperate bound he leaped on shore and sped up the hill with might and main.
In a few minutes, though it seemed ages to us, a whole posse came flying down the hill.

The incessant lightning made all things appear as in the glare of day.

Mata's curly hair fairly stood on end, and his eyes rolled with ghastly astonishment at the spectacle.
"Oh, my God, Madame Johns! what would Monsieur Johns say, to see you nows ?" exclaimed he, as he seized me in his arms and bore me up the hill.

Arthur followed with sister Margaret, and two others with Edwin and Josette.