I dared make no sound, for by so doing I had put myself in extreme danger, and I could not get out. So I sat there while they unfolded their plans, the gist of which I have here written down. Truly my bargain with Peter Trevisa had led me a pretty dance, and yet, but for the motive thereof, I did not wish matters otherwise. Presently they prepared to depart, for the which I was truly glad, for my limbs were becoming cramped. I dared not move, for I reflected that sound would be conveyed to them as clearly as to me, and by and by, when I heard their retreating footsteps, I started up with great relief and stretched my long limbs with much comfort. After a long time, for so it seemed to me, I heard a scratching at the door. "Come," said a voice which I had learned to know, although it spoke but in a whisper. I hurried towards the door, and saw in the dim light the face of my love. After that, and without speaking a word, I followed her into the room where my meals had been brought. When the door was closed, I looked into her eyes eagerly. "Well?" she said questioningly. "You led me there for a purpose," I said. I thought I saw laughter in her face. "Adam is a wise old man, and knows the house inch by inch; knows its history, its secret places." "And he led them there with an object?" I persisted. "You refused to play the spy, Master Trevanion," she whispered with a low laugh, "and yet----" and there she broke off without finishing the sentence. "Mistress Nancy," I cried, "you are sure you are safe here?" "Have you not had proof?" "Then I must away!" "Away?" "Yes. I have heard strange things. I tell you I must leave the house this very hour." "But why?" "Can you not guess?" Then I knew that although she had not heard a word, she was aware of the subject of their conversation. Her face I thought grew paler, and her hands trembled slightly. "They do not know where I am," I went on, "neither have they any clew to your whereabouts. They do not guess you are here, but I must away. Can I have a horse?" "No, no, it is impossible. There are many men about the house. They are watching everywhere." "Then I must away on foot." "Is it urgent?" "Let me tell you all I heard," I cried; "for their every word came as plainly to me as if I sat in their midst. The Pretender is to land at Veryan Bay to-morrow midnight." "So soon?" "Ah," I cried, "that was the secret which Peter Trevisa wished you to impart? You had heard that he intended landing in Cornwall?" She did not speak, but her silence told me of many things. "I go to Tregothnan," I cried. "I go this very hour. Adam Coad must let me out. Surely he knows of the secret ways." She hesitated a second; then she said: "No, Adam must know nothing of this. I will conduct you. But you are sure it is right to tell Lord Falmouth." "It is more than right," I cried; "I shall perchance save the country from civil war." She looked at me as if in great doubt.