Now the dog above was snarling really ferociously and then he gave a loud yelp.
Again there was silence.
‘They really must have killed the poor animal this time,’ Yolanda surmised.
She only hoped that if he was still breathing they would not bring him down below.
She looked round the mine wondering if, while they were absent, there was any chance of being able to escape.
But she knew it was impossible.
If she now climbed out of the mine onto the ground above, they would see her and then they would surely be extremely angry with her for trying to run away.
‘I just have to pray,’ she decided, ‘that Step-papa and Lord Milborne will have understood the clues I wrote in the letter.’
She was praying fervently when she heard footsteps coming down from above towards her.
She thought it mu
