"So much the better. She will be true. Station her at the door, and, if
she sees me approach, you can be sure to be on the outside when I close
the door."
Jaspar's air of sincerity did as much to assure him as the fitness of
the plan suggested, and the overseer determined to adopt it.
Briefly he narrated to his wife--though with some variations and
concealments, for he knew she would not endorse all his operations--the
history of the affair, and the good fortune that awaited him; and
requested her attendance at the jail, to stand sentry over the gloomy
den, while he dug up the treasure.
De Guy's patience was nearly exhausted when the overseer and his wife
made their appearance. He had only time to conceal himself in a
cane-field, when the doomed couple reached the jail. Dalhousie walked
twice round it, before he ventured to enter the building. Stationing his
wife at the door, he proceeded to measure out the locality of the
supposed treasure.
De Guy watched them. For half an hour he remained quiet, when the
vigilance of the lady-sentinel began to abate, and, by the exercise of
extreme caution, he succeeded in reaching, undiscovered, the rear of the
jail.
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