He strove to keep calm, to husband his strength, to devise some means of protecting his wife's rights.

"I must send for Lawyer Moser: if there is any way out of this wrong, he will know the right way," he thought.

But he had to rest a little ere he could give the necessary prompt instructions.

Towards noon he revived, and asked eagerly for Stephen Latrigg.

A messenger was at once sent to Up-Hill.