Page:Augusta Seaman--Jacqueline of the carrier pigeons.djvu/195

 OR a time Jacqueline sat huddled and motionless in the corner where she  had fallen. Her eyes were still bandaged, her mouth was gagged and her hands were tied  behind her. She wondered vaguely whether they would ever come to release her from  these bonds, and she shivered pitifully in her  wet garments. Finally she roused herself and struggled feebly to free her hands. Her surprise was great when she found that the  cords fell apart easily, but it was not till later  that she guessed the secret—they had probably been severed nearly through before she  was pushed into the room.

Once her hands were free, it was the work of but a few seconds to unbind her eyes and  mouth and look about her. The room was