battle awaiting us outside, this prospect of an internecine strife

within the walls began to daunt me.

Suddenly, as I was thus closely watching his expression and

prepared against the worst, I saw a change, a flash, a look of

relief, upon his face. He took up the lamp which stood beside him

on the table, and turned to us with an air of some excitement.

"There is one point that we must know," said he. "Are they going

to butcher the lot of us, or only Huddlestone? Did they take you