either to me or to Jose; his white teeth were showing in a grin for all his pain; her eyes were fixed in horror on the floor.”
“They’ve come back,” she gasped. “The underground passage! Hark - hark!”
There was a muffled rush of feet beneath our own, then a dull but very distinguishable clatter on some invisible stair.
“Underground passage!” I exclaimed, and in my sheer disgust I forgot what was due to my darling. “Why on earth didn’t you tell me of it before?”
either to me or to Jose; his white teeth were showing in a grin for all his pain; her eyes were fixed in horror on the floor.”
“They’ve come back,” she gasped. “The underground passage! Hark - hark!”
There was a muffled rush of feet beneath our own, then a dull but very distinguishable clatter on some invisible stair.
“Underground passage!” I exclaimed, and in my sheer disgust I forgot what was due to my darling. “Why on earth didn’t you tell me of it before?”
