<< < Now, if I could but reach the door while he was
at the other end,* I thought, ^ I should be safe ; * and
I kept on nervously watching the two ends of the pas-
sage lest I should be taken by surprise ; when, to my
horror, I saw by the gas shining upon it a savage head
peer round from the end nearest the way of escapoi
watch me for a moment, and then disi^pear. It wad
now quite dim and twilight in all the passages, and my
first idea was to dart off in the opposite direction ;
but a little thought told me that perhaps the wretch did
not see me, and therefore I had better stay where I
was ; and so I stood minute after minute expecting iio
see him come round one end or the other, and dash
down upon me*

'^I knew thftt About half-past five the watehmati
would come round, and then I could give the alarm ;
but it wanted nearly an hour of that time, and how I
was to hold out till then I could not tell> for the very
thought unnerved me ; and, overcome with ftar, I ooold
feel my knees tremble and seem ready to ^ve way
beneath my weight.
