'Yes, I did,' he replied; 'I suppose it was Locksley, for he's about this evening,' 'And I saw you,' I continued, 'just at the moment the shot was fired, turn round the corner in the direction of Hallijohn's.' 'So I did,' he said, 'but only to strike into the wood, a few paces up.

What's your drift ?' 'Did you not encounter Thorn, running from the cottage ?' I persisted.

'I have encountered no one,' he said, 'and I don't believe anybody's about but ourselves and Locksley.' I quitted him, and came off," concluded Richard Hare.

"He evidently had not seen Thorn, and knew nothing." "And you decamped the same night, Richard; it was a fatal step." "Yes, I was a fool.

I thought I'd wait quiet, and see how things turned out; but you don't know all.