And my presence in the forest is known by foes; it is no place for me longer." Then breaking off, for he had not meant to say so much, and had no wish to be further questioned on the subject, he asked in a low tone: "Sure it was Father Urban whose face I saw on the stairs but now ?" "Hist! silence!" whispered Walter, with a glance enforcing caution; "do not breathe that name even within these walls.

He is here at risk of his life; but at such a moment he will not be away.

A warrant is out against him.

He may not venture abroad by night or day.

But he can be useful in a thousand ways, for he knows more than any other man of some matters appertaining to the state.