I am not myself an infidel in the history of supernatural appearances, and I wish to hear you out." "Well, then," replied the friar, "you shall.

The villain proposed marriage to this beautiful young orphan, and as he was a handsome vagabone, as I have stated, he was accepted; but his eyes, above all things, were irresistible.

They were married by a Protestant clergyman, and immediately afterwards by a Catholic priest, who was far advanced in years.

The lady would submit to no marriage but a legal one.

The marriage, however, was private; for Hamilton knew that Essex was aware of his having been during this event a married man, and that his wife, who was a distant relation of the Earl's, was still living.