George W. M. Reynolds

“ Is there any danger of an alarm being given?”
"None that I am aware of," returned the countess. "The place where we now are must be a hundred yards below the surface of the earth——"
"No, my lady—that is impossible," interrupted Stephano; "a hundred feet at the most—and even that is above the mark. But stand back, my lady, while we remove some more of this solid masonry."
Giulia obeyed the robber-chief, and turned to embrace Flora with the liveliest manifestations of joy, which the young maiden sincerely shared—for escape now appeared to be at hand. ”

“ The aperture was rapidly enlarged by those who worked on the other side, and in a few minutes it was spacious enough to admit the passage of a human form. Then Giulia and Flora quitted their dismal cell, and entered the innermost chamber of the robbers' hold, but from which the treasures described in a previous chapter had all been removed away.
Giulia embraced the marquis with grateful affection; but Stephano exclaimed, "Come, my lord! ”