"We might leave a message behind for Mrs.Misset and wait for her in Verona." "I had thought of that.

But if my mere suspicion is the truth, the six men will not be so far from their six horses that we could drive away unnoticed by any one of them.

Nor could we hope to outpace them and six men upon an open road; indeed, I would sooner face them at the head of my staircase here.

And while I hold them back your Highness can creep down that ladder." "And hide in the thicket," she interrupted.

"Yet--yet--that leaves you alone.