Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN THE DARK. 181
shall be agreed upon between us; she will then notify
you that we are in waiting; whereupon, you will cautiously
and softly make your way out. It would perhaps
be running too much risk for all three of you to
be together at the outer door awaiting our coming;
for in case anyone should pass out or in, a group
would stand less chance to escape observation than a
single individual."
Taking her departure, Enola hastened home, elat d
with the hope that if they once succeeded in getting
the young ladies away from the convent, and among
their friends, they perchance might then be dissuaded
from returning.
The tidings Enola carried home with regard to the
Successof her effort, created quite a sensation.
"How glad I'll be," said Isadora, "to see Maria
and Arabella out of that loathsome prison! I'm sure
we can persuade them never to go back again."
" I wish Alonzo Carleton were here to go with us
to-night,'" said Mary Glidewell; "such an exploit
woulddelight him! "
"Who knows," observed Isadora, "but providence
may send him in good time ~ He might happen
along this evening, late as it is; some how or other I
feel as if it were to be so."
"Poor Alonzo!" sighed Enola, "no one knows
what has become of him."
The words had scarcely passed her lips, when to
the astonishment and reioicinz of all Alonzo Carle-
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ton m~de his appearance. The scene which followed