CHAPTER LXXII

When the Waters Rose Whilst Abe Bellamy was still in Sanctuary Keep, fingering the hot barrel of his rifle, five people in the cellars below waited for death. Lacy, mute with fear; the Savinis crouched together, silent, resigned. "Featherstone." Jim did not answer. "If bank-notes are soiled with water, are they any good?" Lacy whimpered something. It was the only answer that Julius received. And then a miracle happened. The waters began to recede faster than they had risen. "What has happened?" "A respite," was the…