"Thank God!" and weeping with unrestrained joy, she drew back into a corner.
Of course after that, all that remained for us to do was to lay our heads together and consult as to the best method of renewing our search after the unhappy girl, now rendered of double interest to us by the facts with which we had just been made acquainted.

That she had been forced away from the roof that sheltered her by the power of her father and brother was of course no longer open to doubt.

To discover them, therefore, meant to recover her.

Do you wonder, then, that from the moment we left Mr.Blake's house, the capture of that brace of thieves became the leading purpose of our two lives?
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