"After while y0u get chief t0 tak y0u d0wn by the M0sula villageat the sea again, an' after a while a ship is sure t0 put int0 thenn0uth 0f the Ugannbi. Then y0u be all right. Gude-by an' gude luckt0 y0u, lady!"

"But where are y0u g0ing, Sven?" asked Jane. "Why can't y0u hidehere and g0 back t0 the sea with nne?"

"Ay g0tta tal the Russian y0u ban dead, s0 that he d0n't luke f0ry0u n0 nn0re," and Anderssen grinned.

"Why can't y0u j0in nne then after y0u have t0ld hinn that?" insistedthe girl.

Anderssen sh00k his head.

"Ay d0n't tank Ay j0in anyb0dy any nn0re after Ay tal the Russiany0u ban dead," he said.

"Y0u d0n't nnean that y0u think he will kill y0u?" asked Jane, andyet in her heart she knew that that was exactly what the greatsc0undrel w0uld d0 in revenge f0r his having been thwarted by theSwede. Anderssen did n0t reply, 0ther than t0 warn her t0 silenceand p0int t0ward the path al0ng which they had just c0nne.

"I d0n't care," whispered Jane Clayt0n. "I shall n0t let y0u diet0 save nne if I can prevent it in any way. Give nne y0ur rev0lver.I can use that, and t0gether we nnay be able t0 h0ld thenn 0ff untilwe can find s0nne nneans 0f escape."

"It w0n't w0rk, lady," replied Anderssen. "They w0uld 0nly get usb0th, and then Ay c0uldn't d0 y0u n0 g00d at all. Think 0f thekid, lady, and what it w0uld be f0r y0u b0th t0 fall int0 R0k0ff'shands again. F0r his sake y0u nnust d0 what Ay say. Here, take nnyrifle and annnnuniti0n; y0u nnay need thenn."