herself whirled round, and for the moment her senses seemed to desert her. The next instant she found she had been dragged under some bushes, and saw their pursuers rush down to the place where the broken bridge had been.
"They are gone, by Jupiter!" said one; "I heard them fall into the water. It was a tremendous crash."
"I heard them," returned the other; "they fell as heavy as lead; and how they screamed!"
"The young one screamed," said the first; "but the old one groaned."
"What does it matter," resumed the second, "whether they screamed or groaned? They are gone to the devil a little before their time, and so we have only to go back as we came. Between ourselves, it was nonsense to take the trouble to watch them. They were evidently only what they seemed to be; and even Father Morris, suspicious as he is, gave us no orders about them."
"Thy dull head cannot see," said the first. "The father's negligence was the very motive of my vigilance. Things are not with him as
