at he should keep his eyes upon the red house.

His plan was this. There was a train which passed by the Nuremberg
station on its way to Augsburg at three o'clock in the morning. By
this train he proposed that they should travel to that city. He had,
he said, the means of providing accommodation for her there, and no
one would know whither they had gone. He did not anticipate that any
one in the house opposite would learn that Linda had escaped till the
next morning; but should any suspicion have been aroused, and should
the fact be ascertained, there would certainly be lights moving in
the house, and light would be seen from the window of Linda's own
chamber. Therefore he proposed, during the long hours that they must
yet wait, to stand in his present spot and watch, so that he might
know at the first moment whether there was any commotion among the
inmates of the red house. "There goes old Peter to bed," said he; "he
won't be the first to find out, I'll bet a florin." And afterwards he
signified the fact that Madame Staubach had gone to her chamber. This
was the moment of danger, as it might be very possible that Madame
Staubach would go into Linda's room. In that case, as he said, he
had a little carriage outside the walls which would take them to the
first town on the route to Augsburg. Had a light been seen but for a
moment in Linda's room they were to start; and would certainly reach
the spot where the carriage stood before any followers could be
on their heels. But Madame Staubach went to her own room without
noticing that of her niece, and then the red house was all dark and
all still. They would have made the best of their way to Augsburg
before their flight would be discovered.

During the minutes in which they were watching the lights Linda stood
close to her lover, leaning on his shoulder, and supported by his
arm. But this was over by ten, and then there remained nearly five
hours, during which they must stay in their present hiding-place. Up
to this time Linda's strength had supported her under the excitement
of her escape, but now she was like to faint, and it was necessary at
any rate that she should be allowed to lie down. He got sacks for her
from some part of the building, and with these constructed for her
a bed on the floor, near to the spot which he must occupy himself
in still keeping his eye upon the red house. He laid her down and
covered her feet with sacking, and put sacks under her head for