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294 dead. Of course I knew Huascar had saved you too.… Huascar saved us all, you know…. He took us away from all those nasty Indians.… And father said that we should all be dead but for him. Didn't you, Father?… But now you mustn't die any more, must you?"

"I was there, Maria-Teresa. I saw them put you into the tomb."

"You were there, then! I knew it. I felt your eyes on mine, and that's why I looked. I knew you were watching … somewhere…. When they took Christobal away from me I thought I should die…. Huascar had told me he would be quite safe, but I couldn't believe it.… Then that horrible cry!… I didn't open my eyes again until I felt yours on them.… I knew you were there, dear."

The two old ladies and the Marquis were making desperate signs to him, and Dick tried to stop her, but she went on:—

"I knew you wouldn't leave me there to die, and so I waited, waited.… It was terribly long…. And then I began to choke.… I couldn't move; only sit there and wait.… What does it matter, Father, now that we're all alive and happy?… Then I heard somebody thundering blows on the wall, and thought you were coming…. Only just in time, for I was