CHAPTER XVIAN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL

As the night advanced the two girls continued to talk, in low and subdued voices because of their anxiety and growing fears. They kept the candles trimmed, for the light lent them courage. They were not hungry, although they had eaten nothing since noon, but they were beginning to suffer from thirst.

The baby wakened with shrill screams and the only way to quiet her was to give her the bottle, which was now less than a third full. Mildred was in a quandary whether to withhold the remainder of the food from little Jane, so as to prolong her life as much as possible, or to allow the baby to eat what she desired, as long as any of the food remained. She finally decided on the latter course, hoping the morning would bring some one to their rescue.

After the little one was again hushed in slumber and cuddled in warm blankets on a seat beside them, the two imprisoned girls renewed their desultory conversation. They realized it must be long after midnight but Mildred avoided looking at her watch because that made the minutes drag so slowly.

Finally a dull sound from the other side of the wall reached their ears. It seemed that some one was pounding upon the adobe. Both girls sprang to their feet in excitement, their heads bent to listen. The pounding was not repeated but a voice was hearda far-away voiceas of one calling.

Mildred answered the cry, at the top of her lungs, and immediately Inez followed with a shrill scream that roused a thousand echoes in the hidden passage. And now Toodlums joined the chorus, startled from her sleep and terrified by the riot of sound.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. what type of sound was heard from the wall?
2. what did it sound like?
3. on?
4. what happened next?
5. straight up?
6. how were they standing?
7. were they bored?
8. was the sound repeated?
9. what did they hear instead?
10. who answered?
11. was she quiet?
12. who screamed?
13. what did the sound set off?
14. of?
15. before that, how had the girls been chatting?
16. why?
17. did they have a lamp?
18. they were in the dark?
19. what did their light do?
20. had they recently eaten?
1. a dull sound
2. some one pounding
3. the adobe
4. Both girls sprang to their feet
5. No
6. their heads bent
7. yes
8. no
9. a voice
10. Mildred
11. no
12. Inez
13. a chorus
14. a thousand echoes
15. in low and subdued voices
16. because of their anxiety and growing fears.
17. no
18. no
19. lent them courage
20. nno