She would stay.

She would never dare to leave.

Let us find the cellar steps.' The cellar steps were happily not difficult to discover, for in moving a pace backwards Prince Aribert had a narrow escape of precipitating himself to the bottom of them.

The lantern showed that they were built on a curve.
Silently Racksole resumed possession of the lantern and went first, the Prince close behind him.

At the foot was a short passage, and in this passage crouched the figure of a woman.