--which you are sure
to have, after your illness--plenty of food, and the cool air in
these caves, I do expect that you will pick up fast."

The next day passed quietly.

"I shall be glad when tomorrow is over," Stanley said to Meinik,
the last thing before going up to Harry's cell. "Today I expect
they are all marching back again and, if they pay us another visit,
it will be early tomorrow morning. Be sure that two men are on
watch. They can relieve each other, every hour; and I shall come
down myself, occasionally, to see that all is right; but I don't
think that even the governor could get his men to come near this
place, after dark."

"We will keep good watch, master, but I have no fear of their
coming."

Chapter 15: The Attack.

Stanley got up several times during the night, and went below to
the watches; as he felt sure they would be nervous for, though they
had now, to a large extent, got over their superstitious fears,
they would still be timid at night. They reported that everything
was still round the temple, but that they had heard distant sounds
in the woods; and on the first of these occasions he had, after
returning to the room above, gone out on to the ledge; and from
that height could see the reflection, in the sky, of a number of
fires extending in a semicircle, at a distance of a mile or so from
the temple. From this he felt convinced that the governor was
determined to have a thorough search made in the morning.

As soon as it was daylight, the sound of the blowing of horns and
the beating of drums was heard in the forest and, half an hour
later, a large body of men poured out from the trees, headed by the
governor, himself.

"Now," he shouted, "this place is to be searched, in every hole and
corner.

"As to the evil spirits, there is no fear of them, either by day or
night. Did you ever hear of their attacking a large body of men?
They may strangle a single traveller, who ventures into their
haunts; but no one ever heard of a Burmese army being attacked by
them. Now, every man has to do his duty; and the first who wavers,
his head is to be struck off, at once.

"Forward!"

The troops rushed impetuously across the ruins, penetrated into the
various chambers in the rock and, in a few minutes, all these were
reported to be empty.

"There are chambers higher up," the governor said. "We will search
them, and--look at that door up there, it must lead to somewhere.
Bring stones, and