"Lead me to them instantly." But as he spoke a door standing by was opened, and Signor Polani himself, with the two girls, appeared.

They had been on the point of retiring to rest when the knocking began, and the merchant, with his drawn sword, was standing at the door, when he recognized Francis' voice.
They were about to utter an exclamation of pleasure at seeing him, and of astonishment, not only at his sudden arrival, but at his appearance, when Francis burst out: "There is no time for a word.

You must fly instantly.

Ruggiero Mocenigo is close at my heels with a band of twenty pirates." The girls uttered a cry of alarm, and the merchant exclaimed: "Can we not defend the house, Francisco?
I have eight men here, and we can hold it till assistance comes." "Ruggiero has a hundred," Francis said, "and all can be brought up in a short time--you must fly.

For God's sake, do not delay, signor.