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I ran a man to earth in this well , and I want to know how to get at him . " * ^ " With all my heart , " I answered , and springing off my horse I tied him to at tree , and approached to examine the well . While we
searched , Villiers explained that he had chased a man from the Ambassador ' s house , and had seen him dart through a door in this well , closing it after him . A somewhat notorious slave-dealer had , according to Mr . Villiers ' s account , come to the ambassador with a proposal , and when the latter ordered him to be captured , he took to his heels .
"I was jusfc entering the gate on horseback , " said Villiers , " when the man fled past , like a stone flung from a catapult , with fat little Lord Bambrough behind , shouting to him to stop . As he only ran faster on this summons , I gave chase , and coming down the steep bit there , saw him spring into this * well . I can ' t find anything like a door , can you ? Let ' s bring a stone to bear upon it . "
Accordingly , we picked up some of the largest stones that lay near , and hurled them with all our might against the well . Eor son ^ e time no effect whatever was produced , till a constant repetition of an enormous crag effected an aperture . " Once more ! " I cried , and sent the stone crashing with such force , that a door flew back , while Villiers and myself leapt into the opening . We had no sooner got fairly in , than the door swung to , and we were left in total darkness .
A prudent person in such a situation would have probably tried at the door for a long time , calling out to the police at due intervals . We , being young and venturesome , with our blood thoroughly roused by the mystery of the place , determined to penetrate as far a » possible into the subterranean regions we had discovered . Feeling in all directions , we soon became aware that we were in a passage about seven
feet high , and having made out so much , we felt bound to search for more knowledge , so proceeded steadily and with due caution for some distance . Then there stole upon our senses that mysterious sort of sound that indicates the proximity of breaths . We could feel almost , rather than hear , a subdued inspiration , and stopped , that we might , if possible , discover our neighbours before being ourselves detected .
But we were totally unaccustomed to the dark , with which they were sufficiently familiar . I felt myself suddenly caught by two hands , and dragged into a sort of cell in the well . A cloak was being passed over my face , and my hands and feet were being tied together , when the hands of my captor released their hold . The man who starts
from a fearful dream when he thinks himself in the act of falling over a precipice , the soldier who is saved almost miraculously from the foe standing over him , the traveller in the desert who comes suddenly upon water , can imagine my joy at finding myself even here under the shadow of the Brotherhood .
In a low whisper , my unknown friend asked my name , and the manner of my coming into their private habitation . I replied that I was an Englishman , clerk to a merchant in the city of Bio , and nar-
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I ran a man to earth in this well , and I want to know how to get at him . " * ^ " With all my heart , " I answered , and springing off my horse I tied him to at tree , and approached to examine the well . While we
searched , Villiers explained that he had chased a man from the Ambassador ' s house , and had seen him dart through a door in this well , closing it after him . A somewhat notorious slave-dealer had , according to Mr . Villiers ' s account , come to the ambassador with a proposal , and when the latter ordered him to be captured , he took to his heels .
"I was jusfc entering the gate on horseback , " said Villiers , " when the man fled past , like a stone flung from a catapult , with fat little Lord Bambrough behind , shouting to him to stop . As he only ran faster on this summons , I gave chase , and coming down the steep bit there , saw him spring into this * well . I can ' t find anything like a door , can you ? Let ' s bring a stone to bear upon it . "
Accordingly , we picked up some of the largest stones that lay near , and hurled them with all our might against the well . Eor son ^ e time no effect whatever was produced , till a constant repetition of an enormous crag effected an aperture . " Once more ! " I cried , and sent the stone crashing with such force , that a door flew back , while Villiers and myself leapt into the opening . We had no sooner got fairly in , than the door swung to , and we were left in total darkness .
A prudent person in such a situation would have probably tried at the door for a long time , calling out to the police at due intervals . We , being young and venturesome , with our blood thoroughly roused by the mystery of the place , determined to penetrate as far a » possible into the subterranean regions we had discovered . Feeling in all directions , we soon became aware that we were in a passage about seven
feet high , and having made out so much , we felt bound to search for more knowledge , so proceeded steadily and with due caution for some distance . Then there stole upon our senses that mysterious sort of sound that indicates the proximity of breaths . We could feel almost , rather than hear , a subdued inspiration , and stopped , that we might , if possible , discover our neighbours before being ourselves detected .
But we were totally unaccustomed to the dark , with which they were sufficiently familiar . I felt myself suddenly caught by two hands , and dragged into a sort of cell in the well . A cloak was being passed over my face , and my hands and feet were being tied together , when the hands of my captor released their hold . The man who starts
from a fearful dream when he thinks himself in the act of falling over a precipice , the soldier who is saved almost miraculously from the foe standing over him , the traveller in the desert who comes suddenly upon water , can imagine my joy at finding myself even here under the shadow of the Brotherhood .
In a low whisper , my unknown friend asked my name , and the manner of my coming into their private habitation . I replied that I was an Englishman , clerk to a merchant in the city of Bio , and nar-