"But you are in danger. Peter Trevisa is as cunning as the devil. Both father and son are like ferrets; they can crawl into any hole. They see in the dark. In order to get here, you must have taken some one into your confidence. That some one may betray your trust." She walked slowly across the room, and then came back to her former position. "That night--when I left Endellion," she replied, "I took certain things away with me. Little relics left me by my father. I had heard that the house was left in charge of two old servants--one a kind of bailiff, who was commissioned by Colman Killigrew to act as steward until I should come of age." "I see, yes." "He has lived here all these years, with his wife. My guardian has visited Restormel only occasionally, but old Adam Coad has been a faithful old man. My father left a letter for me when he died, with orders that I should read it as soon as I was old enough. In it he mentioned this man as a faithful, loving servant. I wrote to Adam twice while I was in France; but I received no reply from him." She ceased speaking, and I saw her lips tremble. Perhaps she remembered that she was a fatherless girl, and that her path was beset with snares. "I accidentally heard while at Endellion that he was alive and that he managed the estate under my guardian's supervision." "You brought your father's letter with you?" I suggested. "Yes." "But there is a lodge. We passed through the gates to-night." "Fortune favoured me. That morning, after I had escaped from Treviscoe, just as I came up to the lodge gates, I saw two men talking to each other. I heard the one call the other Adam Coad." "I see; and Adam received you?" "After I had proved to him who I was--yes." "And--and you trust him?" "He is all my father said of him, and more. He has been kindness itself to me; through him I was able to bring you here. You are safe, too. Old Adam, his wife, and a serving-man who has lived with them all these years, are all, I verily believe, ready to die for me." "Then you are staying here in secret?" "Yes." "And you have heard nothing of the Trevisas?" "I know they have been searching for me." "But they have disclosed nothing concerning your father's marriage?" "No; I believe not." "You found out that I had been taken prisoner through Adam, I suppose?" "Yes. He looks a quiet, inoffensive old man; but he is very shrewd and not easily deceived. I told him that you had effected my escape from Endellion, and he knew enough of the Killigrews to be sure that they would have many schemes afoot." "But if they suspect that you are here?" "They would have a difficulty in finding me. This house has many rooms not easily discovered. This room is not known to the Killigrews. It is underground. The doorway cannot be seen from the outside, and can only be opened by touching a spring." "I see; and you will stay here until you come of age?" Again her lips trembled, and she moved nervously across the room.