A retainer of the Duke's, whose chivalry her position had aroused, connived at her escape, and tells the story of it.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
It was enough for her that the way to freedom was there; and hesitating no longer, she passed out into the farther room, reached the door unseen, and was in the act of descending the flight of steps, when one of the Malay women of the place saw and ran at her, catching her by the dress and arm, and holding her so tenaciously, that Helen, in her anguish at being thus checked, uttered a cry for help, escaped her retainer, and then leaped down and ran.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Also John Carr and his young retainer, Yellow Barbee, prolonged their stay.
"The Desert Valley"
Jackson Gregory