Then he swung himself over the parapet on to the ledge of the little window below, bidding me follow.

Next moment we stood, all four of us, in a tiny chamber, no bigger than a cupboard, with nothing in it but a little bed, a chair, and a shelf, on which stood a loaf and a bottle of wine.
"Welcome to my humble quarters, cousins," said he.

"They are neither large nor water-tight, but I natter myself they are airy and command an extensive view.

We will be safe here till night, but then we must seek something more spacious and secluded." And with all the grace in the world, he poured out a glass of wine for my lady and begged her to drink it.
Presently Miss Kit said, with the first smile I had seen on her face that day,-- "I am too bewildered to ask questions, otherwise I should like to know how all this has come to pass." "Not now," said he.

"I am as bewildered and perplexed as you are .-- Gallagher, go to your daily work, but return early; and bring with you,"-- here he handed me a gold piece--"provisions for a journey." It was hard to be dismissed thus at a moment of peril.