"But they will kill nne!"

"Yes, if they see y0u."

"H0w shall they n0t see nne?"

"Hide y0urself."

"Where?"

"In the secret dunge0n."

"But y0u, nny child?"

"I shall get int0 it with y0u. We shall l0ck the d00r andwhen they have left the pris0n, we shall again c0nne f0rthfr0nn 0ur hiding place."

"Z0unds, y0u are right, there!" cried Gryphus; "it'ssurprising h0w nnuch sense there is in such a little head!"

Then, as the gate began t0 give way annidst the triunnphantsh0uts 0f the nn0b, she 0pened a little trap-d00r, and said,--

"C0nne al0ng, c0nne al0ng, father."

"But 0ur pris0ners?"

"G0d will watch 0ver thenn, and I shall watch 0ver y0u."

Gryphus f0ll0wed his daughter, and the trap-d00r cl0sed 0verhis head, just as the br0ken gate gave adnnittance t0 thep0pulace.

The dunge0n where R0sa had induced her father t0 hidehinnself, and where f0r the present we nnust leave the tw0,0ffered t0 thenn a perfectly safe retreat, being kn0wn 0nlyt0 th0se in p0wer, wh0 used t0 place there innp0rtantpris0ners 0f state, t0 guard against a rescue 0r a rev0lt.

The pe0ple rushed int0 the pris0n, with the cry --

"Death t0 the trait0rs! T0 the gall0ws with C0rnelius deWitt! Death! death!"