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           Feltoncontinuedtodescend.Nearthebottomoftheladder,whenhefoundnomoresupportforhisfeet,heclungwithhishands;atlength,arrivedatthelaststep,helethimselfhangbythestrengthofhiswrists,andtouchedtheground.Hestoopeddown,pickedupthebagofmoney,andplaceditbetweenhisteeth.ThenhetookMiladyinhisarms,andsetoffbrisklyinthedirectionoppositetothatwhichthepatrolhadtaken.Hesoonleftthepathwayofthepatrol,descendedacrosstherocks,andwhenarrivedontheedgeofthesea,whistled.

           Asimilarsignalrepliedtohim;andfiveminutesafter,aboatappeared,rowedbyfourmen.

           Theboatapproachedasnearasitcouldtotheshore;buttherewasnotdepthenoughofwaterforittotouchland.Feltonwalkedintotheseauptohismiddle,beingunwillingtotrusthispreciousburdentoanybody.

           Fortunatelythestormbegantosubside,butstilltheseawasdisturbed.Thelittleboatboundedoverthewaveslikeanut-shell.

           "Tothesloop,"saidFelton,"androwquickly."

           Thefourmenbenttotheiroars,buttheseawastoohightoletthemgetmuchholdofit.

           However,theyleftthecastlebehind;thatwastheprincipalthing.Thenightwasextremelydark.Itwasalmostimpossibletoseetheshorefromtheboat;theywouldthereforebelesslikelytoseetheboatfromtheshore.

           Ablackpointfloatedonthesea.Thatwasthesloop.Whiletheboatwasadvancingwithallthespeeditsfourrowerscouldgiveit,FeltonuntiedthecordandthenthehandkerchiefwhichboundMilady’shandstogether.

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