We have seen the result of Sergius' interview with the Prince of India, and remember that it was yet early in the morning after Lael's disappearance1 when, in company with Nilo, he bade the eccentric stranger adieu, and set forth2 to try his theory respecting the lost girl.
About noon he appeared southwest of the Hippodrome in the street leading past the cistern3-keeper's abode4. Nilo, by arrangement, followed at a distance, keeping him in sight. By his side there was a fruit peddler, one of the every-day class whose successors are banes of life to all with whom in the modern Byzantium a morning nap is the sweetest preparation for the day.
The peddler carried a huge basket strapped5 to his forehead. He was also equipped with a wooden platter for the display of samples of his stock; and it must be said the medlars, oranges, figs6 of Smyrna, and the luscious7 green grapes in enormous clusters freshly plucked in the vineyards on the Asiatic shore over against the Isles8 of the Princes, were very tempting9; especially so as the hour was when the whole world acknowledges the utility of lunching as a stay for dinner.
It is not necessary to give the conversation between the man of fruits and the young Russian. The former was endeavoring to sell. Presently they reached a point from which the cistern-keeper was visible, seated, as usual, just within the door pommelling the pavement. Sergius stopped there, and affected10 to examine his companion's stock; then, as if of a mind, he said:
"Oh, well! Let us cross the street, and if the man yonder will give me a room in which I can eat to my content, I will buy of you. Let us try him."
The two made their way to the door.
"Good day, my friend," Sergius said, to the keeper, who recognized him, and rising, returned the salutation pleasantly enough.
"You were here yesterday," he said, "I am glad to see you again. Come in."
"Thank you," Sergius returned. "I am hungry, and should like some of this man's store; but it is uncomfortable eating in the street; so I thought you might not be offended if I asked a room for the purpose; particularly as I give you a hearty11 invitation to share the repast with me."
In support of the request the peddler held the platter to the keeper. The argument was good, and straightway, assuming the air of a connoisseur12, the master of the house squeezed a medlar, and raising an orange to his nose smelt13 it, calculated its weight, and answered: "Why, yes--come right along to my sitting-room14. I will get some knives; and when we are through, we will have a bowl of water, and a napkin. Things are not inviting15 out here as they might be."
"And the peddler?" Sergius inquired.
"Bring him along. We will make him show us the bottom of his basket. I believe you said you are a stranger?"
Sergius nodded.
"Well, I am not," the keeper continued, complacently16. "I know these fellows. They all have tricks. Bring him in. I have no family. I live alone."
The monk17 acknowledged the invitation, but pausing to allow the peddler to enter first, he at the same time lifted his hat as if to readjust it; then a moment was taken to make a roll of the long fair hair, and tuck it securely under the hat. That finished, he stepped into the passage, and pursued after his host through a door on the left hand; whereupon the passage to the court was clear.
Now the play with the hat was a signal to Nilo. Rendered into words, it would have run thus: "The keeper is employed, and the way open. Come!" And the King, on the lookout18, answered by sauntering slowly down, mindful if he hurried he might be followed, there being a number of persons in the vicinity.
At the door, he took time to examine the front of the house; then he, too, stepped into the passage and through it, and out into the court, where, with a glance, he took everything in--paved area, the curbing20 about the stairway to the water, the faces of the three sides of the square opposite that of the entrance, all unbroken by door, window, or panel, the sedan in the corner, the two poles lashed21 together and on end by the sedan. He looked behind him--the passage was yet clear--if seen coming in, he was not pursued. There was a smile on his shining black face; and his teeth, serrated along the edges after the military fashion in Kash-Cush, displayed themselves white as dressed coral. Evidently he was pleased and confident. Next he went to the curb19, shot a quick look down the steps far as could be seen; thence he crossed to the sedan, surveyed its exterior22, and opened the door. The interior appearing in good order, he entered and sat down, and closing the door, arranged the curtain in front, drew it slightly aside and peeped out, now to the door admitting from the passage, then to the curbing. Both were perfectly23 under view.
When the King issued from the chair, his smile was broader than before, and his teeth seemed to have received a fresh enamelling. Without pausing again, he proceeded to the opening of the cistern, and with his hands on the curbing right and left, let himself lightly down on the four stones of the first landing; a moment, and he began descent of the steps, taking time to inspect everything discernible in the shadowy space. At length he stood on the lower platform.
He was now in serious mood. The white pillars were wondrous24 vast, and the darkness--it may be doubted if night in its natural aspects is more impressive to the savage25 than the enlightened man; yet it is certain the former will take alarm quicker when shut in by walls of artful contrivance. His imagination then peoples the darkness with spirits, and what is most strange, the spirits are always unfriendly. To say now that Nilo, standing26 on the lower platform, was wholly unmoved, would be to deny him the sensibilities without which there can be none of the effects usually incident to courage and cowardice27. The vastness of the receptacle stupefied him. The silence was a curtain he could feel; the water, deep and dark, looked so suggestive of death that the superstitious28 soul required a little time to be itself again. But relief came, and he watched intently to see if there was a current in the black pool; he could discover none; then, having gained all the information he could, he ascended29 the steps and lifted himself out into the court. A glance through the passage--another at the sky--and he entered the sedan, and shut himself in.
The discussion of the fruit in the keeper's sitting-room meantime was interesting to the parties engaged in it. With excellent understanding of Nilo's occupation in the court, Sergius exerted himself to detain his host--if the term be acceptable--long as possible.
Fortunately no visitors came. Settling the score, and leaving a profusion30 of thanks behind him, he at length made his farewell, and spent the remainder of the afternoon on a bench in the Hippodrome.
Occasionally he went back to the street conducting to the cistern, and walked down it far enough to get a view of the keeper still at the door.
In the evening he ate at a confectionery near by, prolonging the meal till near dusk, and thence, business being suspended, he idled along the same thoroughfare in a manner to avoid attracting attention.
Still later, he found a seat in the recess31 of an unused doorway32 nearly in front of the house of such interest to him.
The manoeuvres thus detailed33 advise the reader somewhat of the particulars of the programme in execution by the monk and Nilo; nor that only--they notify him of the arrival of a very interesting part of the arrangement. In short, it is time to say that, one in the recess of the door, the other shut up in the sedan, they are both on the lookout for Demedes. Would he come? And when?
Anticipating a little, we may remark, if he comes, and goes into the cistern, Nilo is to open the street door and admit Sergius, who is then to take control of the after operations.
A little before sunset the keeper shut his front door. Sergius heard the iron bolt shoot into the mortice. He believed Demedes had not seen Lael since the abduction, and that he would not try to see her while the excitement was up and the hunt going forward. But now the city was settled back into quiet--now, if she were indeed in the cistern, he would come, the night being in his favor. And further, if he merely appeared at the house, the circumstance would be strongly corroborative35 of the monk's theory; if he did more--if he actually entered the cistern, there would be an end of doubt, and Nilo could keep him there, while Sergius was bringing the authorities to the scene. Such was the scheme; and he who looks at it with proper understanding must perceive it did not contemplate36 unnecessary violence. On this score, indeed, the Prince of India's significant reminder37 that he had found Nilo a savage, had led Sergius to redoubled care in his instructions.
The first development in the affair took place under the King's eye.
Waiting in ambush38 was by no means new to him. He was not in the least troubled by impatience39. To be sure, he would have felt more comfortable with a piece of bread and a cup of water; yet deprivations40 of the kind were within the expectations; and while there was a hope of good issue for the enterprise, he could endure them indefinitely. The charge given him pertained41 particularly to Demedes. No fear of his not recognizing the Greek. Had he not enjoyed the delight of holding him out over the wall to be dropped to death?
He was eager, but not impatient. His chief dependence42 was in the sense of feeling, which had been cultivated so the slightest vibration43 along the ground served him in lieu of hearing. The closing of the front door by the keeper--felt, not heard--apprised him the day was over.
Not long afterward44 the pavement was again jarred, bringing a return of the sensations he used to have when, stalking lions in Kash-Cush, he felt the earth thrill under the galloping45 of the camelopards stampeded.
He drew the curtain aside slightly, just as a man stepped into the court from the passage. The person carried a lighted lamp, and was not Demedes.
The cistern-keeper--for he it was--went to the curbing slowly, for the advance airs of the gale46 were threatening his lamp, and dropped dextrously through the aperture47 to the upper landing.
In ambush the King never admitted anything like curiosity. Presently he felt the pavement again jar. Nobody appeared at the passage. Another tremor48 more decided49--then the King stepped softly from the sedan, and stealing barefooted to the curbing looked down the yawning hole.
The lamp on the platform enabled him to see a boat drawn50 up to the lower step, and the stranger in the act of stepping into it. Then the lamp was shifted to the bow of the boat--oars51 taken in hand--a push off, and swift evanishment.
We, with our better information of the devices employed, know what a simple trick it was on the keeper's part to bring the vessel52 to him--he had but to pull the right string in the right direction--but Nilo was left to his astonishment53. Stealing back to his cover, he drew the door to, and struggled with the mystery.
Afterwhile, the mist dissipated, and a fact arose plainer to him than the mighty54 hand on his knee. The cistern was inhabited--some person was down there to be communicated with. What should the King do now?
The quandary55 was trying. Finally he concluded to stay where he was. The stranger might bring somebody back with him--possibly the lost child--such Lael was in his thoughts of her.
Afterwhile--he had no idea of time--he felt a shake run along the pavement, and saw the stranger appear coming up the steps, lamp in hand. Next instant the person crawled out of the curbing, and went into the house through the passage doorway. The King never took eye from the curbing--nobody followed after--the secret of the old reservatory was yet a secret.
Again Nilo debated whether to bring Sergius in, and again he decided to stay where he was.
Meantime the cloud which the Prince of India had descried56 from the roof of his house arrived on the wings of the gale. Ere long Sergius was shivering in the recess of the door. For relief he counted the beads57 of his rosary, and there was scarcely a Saint in the calendar omitted from his recitals58. If there was potency59 in prayers the angels were in the cistern ministering to Lael.
The street became deserted60. Everything living which had a refuge sought it; yet the gale increased: it howled and sang dirges61; it started the innumerable loose trifles in its way to waltzing over the bowlders; every hinged fixture62 on the exposed house-fronts creaked and banged. Only a lover would voluntarily endure the outdoors of such a night--a lover or a villain63 unusually bold.
Near midnight--so Sergius judged--a dull redness began to tinge64 the cloud overhead, and brightening rapidly, it ere long cast a strong reflection downward. At first he was grateful for the light; afterwhile, however, he detected an uproar65 distinguishable from the wind; it had no rest or lulls66, and in its rise became more and more a human tone. When shortly people rushed past his cover crying fire, he comprehended what it was. The illumination intensified67. The whole city seemed in danger. There were women and children exposed; yet here he was waiting on a mere34 hope; there he could do something. Why not go?
While he debated, down the street from the direction of the Hippodrome he beheld68 a man coming fast despite the strength of the gusts69. A cloak wrapped him from head to foot, somewhat after the fashion of a toga, and the face was buried in its folds; yet the air and manner suggested Demedes. Instantly the watcher quit arguing; and forgetful of the fire, and of the city in danger, he shrank closer into the recess.
The thoroughfare was wider than common, and the person approaching on the side opposite Sergius; when nearer, his low stature71 was observable. Would he stop at the cistern-keeper's?
Now he was at the door!
The Russian's heart was in his mouth.
Right in front of the door the man halted and knocked. The sound was so sharp a stone must have been used. Immediately the bolt inside was drawn, and the visitor passed in.
Was it Demedes? The monk breathed again--he believed it was--anyhow the King would determine the question, and there was nothing to do meantime but bide72 the event.
The sedan, it hardly requires saying, was a much more comfortable ambush than the recess of the door. Nilo merely felt the shaking the gale now and then gave the house. So, too, he bade welcome to the glare in the sky for the flushing it transmitted to the court. Only a wraith73 could have come from or gone into the cistern unseen by him.
The clapping to of the front door on the street was not lost to the King. Presently the person he had seen in the boat at the foot of the steps again issued from the passage, lamp in hand as before; but as he kept looking back deferentially74, a gust70 leaped down, and extinguished the flame, compelling him to return; whereupon another man stepped out into the court, halting immediately. Nilo opened a little wider the gap in the curtain through which he was peeping.
It may be well to say here that the newcomer thus unwittingly exposing himself to observation was the same individual Sergius had seen admitted into the house. The keeper had taken him to a room for the rearrangement of his attire75. Standing forth in the light now filling the court, he was still wrapped in the cloak, all except the head, which was jauntily76 covered with a white cap, in style not unlike a Scotch77 bonnet78, garnished79 with two long red ostrich80 feathers held in place by a brooch that shot forth gleams of precious stones in artful arrangement. Once the man opened the cloak, exposing a vest of fine-linked mail, white with silver washing, and furnished with epaulettes or triangular81 plates, fitted gracefully82 to the shoulders. A ruff, which was but the complement83 of a cape84 of heavy lace, clothed the neck.
To call the feeling which now shot through the King's every fibre a sudden pleasure would scarcely be a sufficient description; it was rather the delight with which soldiers old in war acknowledge the presence of their foemen. In other words, the brave black recognized Demedes, and was strong minded enough to understand and appreciate the circumstances under which the discovery was made. If the savage arose in him, it should be remembered he was there to revenge a master's wrongs quite as much as to rescue a stolen girl. Moreover, the education he had received from his master was not in the direction of mercy to enemies.
The two--Demedes and the keeper--lost no time in entering the cistern, the latter going first. When the King thought they had reached the lower platform, he issued from the chair barefooted, and bending over the curbing beheld what went on below.
The Greek was holding the lamp. The occupation of his assistant was beyond comprehension until the boat moved slowly into view. Demedes then set the lamp down, divested85 himself of his heavy wrap, and taking the rower's seat, unshipped the oars. There was a brief conference; at the conclusion the subordinate joined his chief; whereupon the boat pushed off.
Thus far the affair was singularly in the line of Sergius' anticipations86; and now to call him in!
There is little room for doubt that Nilo was in perfect recollection of the instructions he had received, and that his first intention was to obey them; for, standing by the curbing long enough to be assured the Greek was indeed in the gloomy cavern87, whence escape was impossible except by some unknown exit, he walked slowly away, and was in the passage door when, looking back, he saw the keeper leaping out into the court.
To say truth, the King had witnessed the departure of the boat with misgivings88. Catching89 the robbers was then easy; yet rescue of the girl was a different thing. What might they not do with her in the meantime? As he understood his master, her safety was even more in purpose than their seizure90; wherefore his impulse was to keep them in sight without reference to Sergius. He could swim--yes, but the water was cold, and the darkness terrible to his imagination. It might be hours before he found the hiding-place of the thieves--indeed, he might never overtake them. His regret when he stepped into the passage was mighty; it enables us, however, to comprehend the rush of impetuous joy which now took possession of him. A step to the right, and he was behind the cheek of the door.
All unsuspicious of danger, the keeper came on; a few minutes, and he would be in bed and asleep, so easy was he in conscience. The ancient cistern had many secrets. What did another one matter? His foot was on the lintel--he heard a rustle91 close at his side--before he could dart92 back--ere he could look or scream, two powerful hands were around his throat. He was not devoid93 of courage or strength, and resisted, struggling for breath. He merely succeeded in drawing his assailant out into the light far enough to get a glimpse of a giant and a face black and horrible to behold94. A goblin from the cistern! And with this idea, he quit fighting, and sank to the floor. Nilo kept his grip needlessly--the fellow was dead of terror.
Here was a contingency95 not provided for in the arrangement Sergius had laid out with such care.
And what now?
It was for the King to answer.
He dragged the victim out in the court, and set a foot on his throat. All the savage in him was awake, and his thoughts pursued Demedes. Hungering for that life more than this one, he forgot the monk utterly96. Had he a plank--anything in the least serviceable as a float--he would go after the master. He looked the enclosure over, and the sedan caught his eye, its door ajar. The door would suffice. He took hold of the limp body of the keeper, drew it after him, set it on the seat, and was about wrenching97 the door away, when he saw the poles. They were twelve or fourteen feet long and lashed together. On rafts not half so good he had in Kash-Cush crossed swollen98 streams, paddling with his hands. To take them to the cistern--to descend99 the steps with them--to launch himself on them--to push out into the darkness, were as one act, so swiftly were they accomplished100. And going he knew not whither, but scorning the thought of another man betaking himself where he dared not, sustained by a feeling that he was in pursuit, and would have the advantage of a surprise when at last he overtook the enemy, we must leave the King awhile in order to bring up a dropped thread of our story.
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contingency
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