Sir Maurice agreed with her; and the fuming archduke assured them that the count was the most promising soldier in the army of Cassel-Nassau.

Then Sir Maurice suggested that they should go to the knoll and help the count.

Miss Lambart assented readily; and they set out at once.

They skirted the barriers of thorns in the path and came to the knoll.

It was quiet and seemed utterly deserted.
They called loudly to the count several times; but he did not answer.
Miss Lambart suggested that he was searching the caves and that they should find him and help him search them; they plunged into the caves and began to hunt for him.