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Cade did so, strapping Karigan’s satchel across his shoulder and gathering the bonewood staff He an on his shoulder look effortless The Old Button was strong, very strong

They hastened to the stairwell and the professor grabbed a taper They clattered down the stairs as fast as they could go, though Cade followedthe light so Cade could see better, and what the professor saw in turn was determination and concentration on Cade’s face His student would need both not only to escape the mill, but also to evade capture once he was on the outside Poor Karigan hung lih dead The professor was sorry, so sorry for what he had done to her Cade had awakened himent, but noould ht up, the professor continued down the spiraling stairs, the battering on the doors growing louder and louder He kept going past the second floor, and the first, heading down into the low-vaulted brick baseht eren’t going underground," Cade said

"Not to that underground," the professor replied

He led Cade past the one trap door that led to their secret passage, and hurried by the flyball governor that had once controlled the volu into the mill’s turbines They passed by the first two penstocks and stopped at the third--a huge metal pipe bent like an inverted elbow, fabricated in riveted sections The penstock had once funneled water from the canal to beneath the floor and into the turbine The force and pressure of the water carried in by the penstocks forced the turbines to spin-spin-spin, which set the coears, drive shafts, and pulleys intothe machines But alas, this mill had not seen the power of water in many a year Not since the fire

Cade looked at hily

"After the fire," the professor explained, "the penstocks were closed off The canal authorities did not wish to waste water power on a defunct mill" He pulled a section of the penstock away like a hatch,"Therefore, not only is the penstock dry, but the tailrace tunnel as well Mostly anyway Fortunately there have been no floods this spring The tunnel will take you to the river, where I’ve hidden a s lady slung over your shoulder, but you will ?" Cade asked

"I’ll follow you shortly I have soan out Take care of her When she wakes, tell her how sorry I am, and that I hope she finds her way home"

A furrowed line for"

"I’ll doout of time"

Inside the rusty walls of the penstock was a step ladder instead of the turbine shaft that should have been in there Cade dropped Karigan’s satchel and the staff down and they thudded to the botto into the penstock, balancing hi the hatch Meanwhile, the professor held Karigan She was rather like an oversized ragdoll, but he was relieved to note she was still breathing norht a glint of theain<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>