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On
drawing
near
to
the
furze
-
covered
bank
and
ditch
which
fortified
the
captain
’
s
dwelling
he
could
hear
voices
within
,
signifying
that
operations
had
been
already
begun
.
At
the
side
-
entrance
gate
he
stopped
and
looked
over
.
Half
a
dozen
able
-
bodied
men
were
standing
in
a
line
from
the
well
-
mouth
,
holding
a
rope
which
passed
over
the
well
-
roller
into
the
depths
below
.
Fairway
,
with
a
piece
of
smaller
rope
round
his
body
,
made
fast
to
one
of
the
standards
,
to
guard
against
accidents
,
was
leaning
over
the
opening
,
his
right
hand
clasping
the
vertical
rope
that
descended
into
the
well
.
“
Now
,
silence
,
folks
,
”
said
Fairway
.
The
talking
ceased
,
and
Fairway
gave
a
circular
motion
to
the
rope
,
as
if
he
were
stirring
batter
.
At
the
end
of
a
minute
a
dull
splashing
reverberated
from
the
bottom
of
the
well
;
the
helical
twist
he
had
imparted
to
the
rope
had
reached
the
grapnel
below
.
“
Haul
!
”
said
Fairway
;
and
the
men
who
held
the
rope
began
to
gather
it
over
the
wheel
.
“
I
think
we
’
ve
got
sommat
,
”
said
one
of
the
haulers
-
in
.
“
Then
pull
steady
,
”
said
Fairway
.
They
gathered
up
more
and
more
,
till
a
regular
dripping
into
the
well
could
be
heard
below
.
It
grew
smarter
with
the
increasing
height
of
the
bucket
,
and
presently
a
hundred
and
fifty
feet
of
rope
had
been
pulled
in
.
Fairway
then
lit
a
lantern
,
tied
it
to
another
cord
,
and
began
lowering
it
into
the
well
beside
the
first
:
Clym
came
forward
and
looked
down
.
Strange
humid
leaves
,
which
knew
nothing
of
the
seasons
of
the
year
,
and
quaint
-
natured
mosses
were
revealed
on
the
wellside
as
the
lantern
descended
;
till
its
rays
fell
upon
a
confused
mass
of
rope
and
bucket
dangling
in
the
dank
,
dark
air
.
“
We
’
ve
only
got
en
by
the
edge
of
the
hoop
—
steady
,
for
God
’
s
sake
!
”
said
Fairway
.
