He, however, followed them along Cheapside, and would have continued the pursuit along the Old Jewry, if Leonard had not come to a halt, and awaited his approach.

He then took to his heels, and did not again make his appearance.
As they reached the open fields and slackened their pace, Leonard deemed it prudent to prepare his companion for her interview with her father by mentioning the circumstance of the packet, and the important secret which he had stated he had to disclose to her.
"I cannot tell what the secret can relate to, unless it is to my mother," rejoined Nizza.

"She died, I believe, when I was an infant.

At all events, I never remember seeing her, and I have remarked that my father is averse to talking about her.

But I will now question him.