, I saw the huge form
of Moloch stealing towards your retreat. I stepped out silently, and
stole softly after him, with the full intention of running back, giving
the alarm, and raising the whole band, in case my suspicions should be
true, that he intended to harm you. Of course I could not have helped
you at all, if I had been in here with you. He wouldn't have let me pass
out to have roused the men. He would have brained me on the spot, and
had you at his mercy, do you see?"

"Yes, yes, I see. Oh, Heaven! deliver me from this dreadful place!"
sighed Sybil.

"All in good time. I followed Moloch, until I saw him take the little
turn that led to your den. Then I turned and fled, or was about to fly
to rouse the men to your rescue, when I saw the graceful figure of Satan
gliding towards me. As in that half-darkness I had recognized Moloch
only by his huge form, so now I knew Satan only by his graceful, gliding
motions. I drew back into a crevice of the rock, and waited until he had
passed me and taken the same turn towards your den. And then I knew that
you were quite safe. Either of these men alone would have been fatal to
you; but together they were perfectly harmless. But just then I heard a
dog bark, where never a dog had barked before. I stole after Satan
towards the entrance of this place, and hid myself to listen to the fun.
I heard the row. Oh, wasn't Captain 'Inconnu's' righteous indignation
fine? At length I heard Satan order Moloch to leave the place, and then
I heard him tell you that he would send me to stay with you. Then I
thought it was about time for me to leave, and I stole away and fled as
fast as I could towards my own den. And when I got there I covered
myself up in my bed and feigned sleep, when the gallant captain came to
call me. So here I am."

"Oh that Heaven would deliver me from this dreadful place!" repeated
Sybil.

"All in good time, as I said before. And now I think you had better try
to sleep. The little dog will watch us and give the alarm, in case any
other daring marauder should venture to intrude on us," counselled the
girl.

"Sleep! I have scarcely slept a whole night since I was forced to leave
my home. Sleep! the best sleep I have had has been more like swooning,
and has befallen me in the day-time. I cannot sleep."

"Well, then, please to be quiet while I sleep. I'm fagged out with all
this," said Gentiliska, throwing herself down on the mossy floor of the
cave, and settling