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We're in a tight corner, Arthur Miles, an' nothing for it but bolt while they're talkin'." "We might hide here in the dark--but, of course, you know best." "O' course I do," Tilda agreed.

"'Ide 'ere?
An' who's to warn the Mortimers ?" She stooped and again caught 'Dolph under her arm.

Then she straightened herself up and stood listening to the voices, clearly audible from the entrance of the store below.
"Tip-toe, mind! There's on'y a board between us--and quiet, for your life!" They stole to the steps and paused for a moment, peering into the gloom.
Here too their enemies' voices were audible, but around the corner of the store, the coast was clear.

They crept down the steps and gained the road.