The Pirate Woman by A E Dingle Chapter 19 Page 2

As she stared, at a loss, Caliban staggered out in front again, clutching at his wound, and screamed:

“Satan seize ye if that witch escapes ye now! Tear her down! Tear her down! Then none can keep the treasure from ye.”

His last word ended in a sob. From the hidden giant another dart was sped truer, and Caliban pitched headlong on the steps of the altar. And Pascherette, terrified now that they would leave their work incomplete, swarm after the false treasure report, and thus leave her at the mercy of the enraged Dolores, frantically sought for Milo among the press. She knew nothing of his secret duty with the blow-pipe: seeing nothing of him among the defenders, she surmised he was inside on other duty bent. In desperation she placed all upon a single hazard, and, running out into the Grove she screamed: