The evening air grows chill, and I and thou have both walked far, and stand in need of refreshment.

All is ready for us within.

Come; I will lead the way." Joanna stepped on before, and Cuthbert followed.

He had thought the cave a small and shallow place before, but now he discovered that this shallow cavity in the rock was but the antechamber, as it were, to a larger cavern, where twenty men might sit or lie at ease; and the entrance to this larger place was through a passage so narrow and low that none who did not know the secret would think it possible to traverse it.
Cuthbert wondered if he were letting himself be taken in a trap as he followed the gipsy through this narrow way; but he trusted Joanna with the confidence of instinct which is seldom deceived, and presently felt that they had emerged into some larger and wider place.

In a few moments the gipsy had produced a light, and the proportions of the larger cavern became visible.