I can't help the suspicions you have forced upon me, and I am loth, I tell you plainly, to leave Mr Edward here.

Take care he comes to no hurt.

I doubt the safety of this roof, and am glad he leaves it so soon.

Now, let me go.' For a moment she hid her face in her hands and wept; but resisting the strong impulse which evidently moved her to reply, opened the door--no wider than was sufficient for the passage of his body--and motioned him away.

As the locksmith stood upon the step, it was chained and locked behind him, and the raven, in furtherance of these precautions, barked like a lusty house-dog.
'In league with that ill-looking figure that might have fallen from a gibbet--he listening and hiding here--Barnaby first upon the spot last night--can she who has always borne so fair a name be guilty of such crimes in secret!' said the locksmith, musing.