implored.

She did not move for a moment, but he distinctly heard her catch
her breath.

"Am I dreaming?" she murmured, faintly. Her fingers now clutched
his arm tightly.

"I should say not! I don't like to order you around, your
Highness, but--"

"Come---come to the light!" she interrupted, excitedly. "Over
here!"

Noiselessly she drew him across the room until the light fell
across his face. It was not a bright light, but what she saw
satisfied her. He could not see her face, for she stood outside
the strip of dusky yellow.

"Two men lie beneath your window, and two are coming to this
room. Where shall I go? Come, be quick, madam! Do you want to
be carted off to Ganlook? Then don't stand there like a--like a
--pardon me, I won't say it".

"I trust you fully. Shall I alarm the guard?" she whispered,
recovering her self-possession.

"By no means. I want to catch those devils myself. Afterwards
we can alarm the guards!"