The Bohemian proposed to scale the balcony alone, as its length exceeded by far the breadth of the window-casement, and there to hide and spy through the glass panes, in order to learn the most propitious moment for acting, which he would signify to Erebus by a sign. The latter adopted the plan, but insisted upon taking part in it. Hadji climbed up the first, threw the rope ladder to Erebus, and both lay in ambuscade on each side of the casement. Erebus was just about to look through the panes, when the window-blinds, which were on the outside, opened softly, and Reine walked out on the balcony. Thus Erebus and Hadji found themselves concealed from sight. The young girl, sad and anxious, wished to enjoy for awhile the beauty of the night. Time was precious, and the opportunity favourable, and the same idea entered the minds of the Bohemian and Erebus. Quickly closing the window-blinds behind Reine, they seized her before she was able to utter a cry. Imagine her fright, her anguish, when she recognised in her ravisher the stranger of the rocks of Ollioules! Erebus, in the feeble struggle which occurred between him and the unhappy girl, employed every possible means to prevent violence or injury to the one he loved. In less time than it requires to write it, Mlle, des Anbiez was surrounded with the girdle, which rendered her incapable of movement. Erebus, not able to use his hands in descending the rope ladder, since he carried Reine in his arms, made Hadji fasten a rope around his body; as he descended each step of the ladder, the Bohemian let the rope slip softly so as to sustain the ravisher; finally, with Reine in his arms, Erebus reached the foot of the wall. Hadji, in his turn, was just about to leave the balcony, when Stephanette entered the chamber, crying: “Mademoiselle! mademoiselle! the recorder and his soldiers have come to arrest monseigneur!” For at that moment Master Isnard and Captain Georges had arrived at the castle. Not finding her mistress in her chamber, and seeing the window open, Stephanette ran thither. The Bohemian, seeing the danger to which he was exposed by the presence of Stephanette, hid himself again. The girl, astonished not to find her mistress, went out on the balcony. The Bohemian softly shut the window behind her, and put his hand over her mouth. Although surprised and frightened, Stephanette made bold efforts to deliver herself from the pirate, who, scarcely able to hold her, cried in a low voice to Erebus: “Help! help! This she devil is as strong as a little demon; she bites like a wildcat If she cries, all is lost!” Erebus, not willing to leave Reine, ordered the other pirate to go to the help of Hadji. In fact, Stephanette, much more robust than her mistress, and having habits calculated to develop her strength, made a heroic and vigorous resistance; she even succeeded in making use of her pretty teeth, to make Hadji relinquish his prize, and in uttering a few cries.