Descending these I sprang into the boat and held out my arms for Mistress Percy.

Sparrow gave her to me, and I lifted her down beside me; then turned to give what aid I might to the minister, who was halfway down the steps--and faced my Lord Carnal.
What devil had led him forth on such a night; why he, whom with my own eyes, three hours agone, I had seen drunken, should have chosen, after his carouse, cold air and his own company rather than sleep; when and where he first spied us, how long he had followed us, I have never known.

Perhaps he could not sleep for triumph, had heard of my impending arrest, had come forth to add to the bitterness of my cup by his presence, and so had happened upon us.

He could only have guessed at those he followed, until he reached the edge of the wharf and looked down upon us in the moonlight.

For a moment he stood without moving; then he raised his hand to his lips, and the shrill call that had before startled us rang out again.