A man in front of her was calling out unintelligibly, and somewhere under cover a woman's voice was uplifted in shrill tones of dismay.

This latter sound made her think of the chattering of an indignant monkey, so shrill was it and so incessant.
A dark pile of building stood before her, and she blundered towards it, not seeing in the least where she was going.

The next moment she kicked against some steps, and sprawled headlong.
Someone--Burke--uttered an oath behind her, and she heard him leap to the ground.

She made a sharp effort to rise, and cried out with a sudden pain in her right knee that rendered her for an instant powerless.

Then she felt his hands upon her, beneath her.