She scrambled up among the boulders and made straight for the great
wall. She had decided in her own mind that he would probably be
somewhere in there, possibly afraid to come out, as he would not know if
the Sark men were still on the rock.
As nearly as she could, she climbed to the place she had seen the men go
in, and then she cried softly, "Steve! Mr. Gard!" and went on calling,
as she moved up and down along the base of the wall.
And at last her heart jumped wildly as she heard her name faintly from
inside the wall, and presently Gard himself came crawling from under the
big slab and jumped down to her side.
"Nance! You are a good angel to me," and he flung his arms round her and
kissed her again and again.
"But oh, my dear, I would not have you risk your life for me like
this."
"It is nothing. I am all right," said Nance, forgetting the weariness
and dangers of the passage in her joy at finding him alive and well. "I
have brought you food," and she pushed her little parcel into his hands.
"I hardly dare to eat it when I think what it has cost you.
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